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List of firearms before the 20th century

Topic: Engineering

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This is an extensive list of antique guns made before the year 1900 and including the first functioning firearms ever invented. The list is not comprehensive; create an entry for listings having none; multiple names are acceptable as cross-references, so that redirecting hyperlinks can be established for them.


A

B

C

D

  • Derringer (USA - small handgun)
    • Philadelphia Deringer: 1852
    • Colt Deringer: 1861
    • Sharps Deringer: 1859
    • Remington Deringer (Model 95): 1866
  • Dreyse Model 1841 "Needle Gun" (Kingdom of Prussia - Rifle - 1841)

E

  • Enfield Revolver (UK - Revolver - 1880)
  • Evans Repeating Rifle (US - Rifle - 1879-80)

F

  • Ferguson rifle (British breech-loading rifle - patented December of 1776)
  • Fayetteville rifle (CSA - Rifle - 1862)
  • Frank Wesson Rifles (USA - Rifle - 1858/1861)
  • Fusil modèle 1866 "Chassepot" (France - Rifle - 1866)
  • Fusil Gras mle 1874 (France - Rifle - 1874)

G

  • Gallager carbine (USA - Rifle - 1861)
  • Gatling Model 1861 (USA - Machine Gun - 1862)
  • Gewehr 1888 / Model 1888 commission rifle (German Empire - Rifle - 1888)
  • Gorgas machine gun

H

  • Harpers Ferry Armory
    • Harpers Ferry Model 1803 (USA - Rifle - 1803)
    • Harpers Ferry Model 1805 (USA - Flintlock Pistol - 1805)
    • Harpers Ferry Model 1816 (USA - Rifle - 1816)
    • Harpers Ferry Model 1819 "Hall Rifle" (USA - Rifle - c.1820)
    • Harpers Ferry Model 1841 "Mississippi Rifle" (USA - Rifle - 1841)
    • Harpers Ferry Model 1855 (USA - Rifle - 1857)
  • Henry Repeating Rifle (US - Rifle - 1850s-1866)
  • Huochong (China - Hand Cannon - 13th century)
  • Hinawaju (Japan - Arquebus and Pistol - 16th century?)

I

  • Istinggar (Nusantara - Arquebus - 16th century)

J

K

L

M

  • M1867 Werndl–Holub rifle (Austria-Hungary - Rifle - 1867)
  • M1870 Gasser (Austria-Hungary - Revolver - 1870)
  • M1871 Beaumont (Netherlands - Rifle - 1869/1871)
  • M1879 Reichsrevolver (German Empire - Revolver - 1879)
  • M1882 Revolver (Switzerland - Revolver - 1882)
  • M1895 Colt–Browning machine gun "Potato Digger" (USA - Heavy Machine Gun - c.1895)
  • M1895 Lee Navy (USA - Rifle, bolt-action - 1895)
  • Mannlicher
    • Mannlicher M1886 (Austria-Hungary - Rifle - 1886)
    • Mannlicher M1888 (Austria-Hungary - Rifle - 1888)
    • Mannlicher M1894 (German Empire - Pistol - 1894)
    • Mannlicher M1895 (Austria-Hungary - Rifle - 1895)
  • Marlin Model 1894 (USA - Rifle - 1894)
  • Mars Automatic Pistol (United Kingdom - Pistol - 1897)
  • Martini–Henry Mark I, II, III, and IV (United Kingdom - Rifle - 1871)
  • Massachusetts Arms Maynard Carbine (USA - Rifle - 1851)
  • Mauser
    • Gewehr 71 (German Empire - Rifle - 1871)
    • Gewehr 98 (German Empire - Rifle - 1898)
    • Mauser C78 "zig-zag" (German Empire - Revolver - 1878)
    • Mauser C96 (German Empire - Pistol - 1896)
  • Maxim Gun (United Kingdom - Machine Gun - 1883)
  • Merrill carbine (USA - Rifle - 1858/1863)
  • Merwin & Hulbert revolvers (USA - Revolver - 1876)
  • Mitrailleuse (French volley/machine gun - 1851)
  • Model 1814 common rifle (USA - Rifle - c. 1814)
  • Model 1817 common rifle "Deringer" (USA - Rifle - 1817)
  • Model 1872 Revolver / Ordonnanzrevolver 1872 (Switzerland - Revolver - c. 1872)
  • Modèle 1873 revolver "Chamelot-Delvigne" (France - Revolver - 1873)
  • Modèle 1892 revolver "Lebel" (France - Revolver - 1892)
  • Mosin–Nagant (Russian Empire - Rifle - 1891)
  • Murata rifle (Empire of Japan - Rifle - 1880)

N

  • Nagant M1895 (Belgium/Russian Empire - Revolver - 1895)
  • Nordenfelt gun (Sweden - Machine Gun)

P

  • Palmer Model 1865 (USA - Rifle - 1865)
  • Pattern 1853 Enfield (UK - Rifle - 1853)
  • Pattern 1861 Enfield musketoon (UK - Rifle - 1861)
  • Pattern 1800 Infantry Rifle (UK - Muzzleloading rifle - 1800)
  • Petronel (Arquebus - 16th century)
  • Potzdam Muskets (Kingdom of Prussia - Rifle - 1723)

R

  • Rast & Gasser M1898 (Austria-Hungary - Revolver - 1898)
  • Remington
    • Remington–Keene rifle (USA - Rifle - c.1878)
    • Remington-Lee Rifles (USA - Rifle - 1879)
    • Remington M1867 (USA/Norway/Sweden - Rifle - 1867)
    • Remington Model 1858 (USA - Revolver - 1862)
    • Remington Model 1875 (USA - Revolver - 1875)
    • Remington Model 1890 (USA - Revolver - 1890)
    • Remington Naval Model 1865 Pistol (USA - Pistol - 1866)
    • Remington Rider Single Shot Pistol (USA - Pistol - 1860)
    • Remington Rolling Block rifle (USA - Rifle - 1860s)
    • Remington Zig-Zag Derringer (USA - Pistol - 1861)
  • Richmond rifle (CSA - Rifle - 1861)
  • Ribauldequin (UK - 1339)

S

  • Savage 1861 Navy (USA - Rifle - 1861)
  • Salvator-Dormus M1893 (Austria-Hungary - Heavy Machine Gun - 8×50mmR)
  • Salvator Dormus pistol (Austria-Hungary - Pistol 1891/1895)
  • San Yan Chong (China - Hand Cannon - 16th century)
  • Slocum revolver (US - revolver - 1863/1865)
  • Schmidt M1882 (Switzerland - Revolver)
  • Schmidt–Rubin rifles (Switzerland - Rifle - 1889/1891)
  • Schwarzlose Model 1898 (German Empire - Semi-Automatic Pistol - 1898)
  • Sharps Rifle (US - Rifle - 1848)
  • Sharps & Hankins Model 1862 Carbine (US - Rifle - 1862)
  • Schwarzlose Model 1898 (Austria-Hungary - Pistol - 1898)
  • Schönberger-Laumann (Austria-Hungary - Pistol - 1892)
  • Smith & Wesson
    • Smith & Wesson Model 1 (US - Revolver - 1857)
    • Smith & Wesson Model 1 1/2 (US - Revolver - 1865)
    • Smith & Wesson Model 2 (US - Revolver - 1876)
    • Smith & Wesson No. 3 Revolver (US - Revolver - 1870)
      • Schofield Model 3 (US - Revolver - 1875)
    • Smith & Wesson Model No. 2 Army (US - Revolver - 1861)
    • Smith & Wesson .38 Hand Ejector Model of 1899 (US - Revolver - 1899)
    • Smith & Wesson Model 320 Revolving Rifle (US - Rifle, revolving - 1879)
    • Smith & Wesson Safety Hammerless (US - Revolver - 1887)
  • Smith carbine (USA - Rifle - 1857)
  • Spencer Rifle (US - Rifle - 1860)
  • Springfield Armory
    • Springfield Model 1795 Musket (US - Rifle - 1795)
    • Springfield Model 1816 (US - Rifle - 1816)
    • Springfield Model 1842 (US - Rifle - 1844)
    • Springfield Model 1855 (US - Rifle - 1855)
    • Springfield Model 1861 (US - Rifle - 1861)
    • Springfield Model 1863 (US - Rifle - 1863)
    • Springfield Model 1865 (US - Rifle - 1865)
    • Springfield Model 1866 (US - Rifle - 1866)
    • Springfield Model 1868 (US - Rifle - 1868)
    • Springfield Model 1871 (US - Rifle - 1871)
    • Springfield Model 1873 (US - Rifle - 1873)
  • Starr revolver (US - Revolver - c. 1858)

T

  • Tarpley carbine (CSA - Rifle - 1863)
  • Tranter revolver (USA - Revolver - c. 1854)
  • Tu Huo Qiang (China - Fire Lance - 1259)
  • Type 26 revolver (Empire of Japan - Revolver - 1893)

V

  • Velo-dog (France - Revolver - 1894)
  • Vetterli rifle - (Switzerland - Rifle - 1867/1869)
  • Volcanic Repeating Arms (US - Rifle & Pistol - 1855-56)

W

X

Notes

  1. ↑ Was designed by American Hiram Berdan. The first version, manufactured by Colt in the US, is known as model 1868, or Berdan I. The second version/Berdan II was initially produced at Birmingham Small Arms in England. The rifles were later manufactured in large numbers by Russian factories at Tula, Izhevsk, and Sestroretsk.
  2. ↑ This revolver was primarily manufactured by Eli Whitney, Jr. at Whitneyville, Connecticut and not Samuel Colt's Patent Arms Company in Paterson, New Jersey.
  3. ↑ Mark I to IV, with Mark V adopted in 1913 and the special Webley Mk IV .38/200 Service Revolver designed/adopted in 1932.

See also

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