Handfuls of History

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Matchlocks
1. Tanegashima Matchlock
2. Indian Torador Musket
Wheellocks
1. German Jaeger Wheellock Carbine
Flintlock Pistols
1. Albanian Rattail Miquelet
2. Moretti Flintlock
3. Penel Double-Barreled Flintlock
4. German Hunting Hanger-Pistol Combination Weapon
5. Screwbarrel Boxlock Pistol
Percussion Pistols
1. Belt Pistol
2. Double-barreled Bayonet Pistol
3. Bacon Underhammer Pistols
4. Dueling or Target Pistol
5. Model 1836 US Army Flintlock Conversion
6. Allen & Thurber Single-Shot Double-Action Pistol
7. Robbins & Lawrence Pepperbox
8. Allen & Thurber Pepperbox
9. Allen & Wheelock Bar-Hammer Transitional Revolver
10. Transitional Revolver
11. Colt 1849 Pocket Revolver
12. Whitney Two-Trigger Revolver
13. Massachusetts Arms Maynard Tape-Primed Belt Pistol
14. Colt Model 1855 Pocket Revolver
15. Colt Model 1860 Army Revolver
16. Tranter Third Model Two-Trigger Revolver
17. Walch 10-Shot Revolver
18. Allen & Wheelock Sidehammer Percussion Pocket Revolver
19. Remington-Beals First-Model Pocket Revolver
20. Remington 1861 "Old" Army Revolver
21. Colt 1851 Navy Revolver
22. Manhattan Firearms Navy Revolver
23. Metropolitan Navy Revolver
24. Savage Navy Revolver
25. Warner Cap-and-Ball Pocket Pistol
26. Double-Action Adams/Webley-style Revolver
27. Beaumont-Adams Percussion Revolver
28. Kerr Revolver
29. Starr Double-Action Army Revolver
30. Starr Single-Action Army Revolver
31. Bacon Firearms Second-Model Pocket Revolver
32. Philadelphia Deringer
Appendices for Chapter 4:
- Manhattan/Allen Mechanical Comparison
Muzzle-loading Muskets and Rifles
1. Albanian Tanchika Musket
2. Pattern 1809 Brown Bess Musket
3. "Kentucky" Long Rifle
4. M1840 Chasseur Carbine
5. Springfield 1842 Smooth-Bore Musket
6. M1841 "Mississippi" Rifle
7. Brunswick Two-Groove Rifle
8. Enfield Pattern 1853 Rifled Musket
9. Model 1863 U.S. Double Rifle
Appendices for Chapter 5:
- The Hunters of Kentucky
- Musket Cartridges
Rocketballs
1. No. 1 Smith & Wesson Volcanic Pistol
Pinfire Pistols
1. Deprez Fist Pistol
2. Pinfire Revolver
3. Boot Pistol
4. Javelle Revolver
5. Galand-style Degueldre Pinfire Revolver
6. Smooth-Bore Double-Barreled Pistol
Appendices for Chapter 7:
- Belgian Proof Marks
Early Rimfire Pistols
1. Sparrow Pistols
2. Rollin White Single-Shot Pistol
3. Smith & Wesson No. 1
4. Manhattan .22 Seven-Shot Revolver
5. Rollin White Pocket Revolver
6. Sharps Pepperbox Derringer
7. Allen & Wheelock Sidehammer Pistol
8. Moore Seven-Shooter
9. Smith & Wesson Model 2, Old Army
10. Lucius Pond Revolver
11. Lucius Pond Front-loading Revolver
12. Smith & Wesson Model 1½ Tip-Up
13. Allen & Wheelock Lipfire Navy Pistol
14. Sharps-style Four-Barreled Derringer
15. Cupfire Pocket Pistol
16. Plant Army Model Revolver
17. Slocum Revolver
18. Moore's Patent National Firearms First-Model Derringer
19. Southerner Derringer
20. Deane-Harding Conversion Revolver
21. Connecticut Arms Bulldog Single-Shot Pistol
22. Remington Over-and-Under Derringer
23. Remington New Model Pocket Revolver Cartridge Conversion
24. Colt Pocket Revolver Conversion
25. Tranter Single-Trigger Revolver
26. Remington-Elliot Pepperbox Derringer
27. Remington-Rider Magazine Pistol
Appendices for Chapter 8:
- The Rollin White Patent
- The Rollin White Court Battles
- The Aftermath of the Rollin White Lawsuits
- Smith & Wesson Tip-Up Comparison
- Development of Revolvers and Mechanically Repeating Pistols
Early Centerfire Pistols
1. Moore's Teatfire Revolver
2. Colt 1849 Pocket Revolver, Thuer-style Frontier Conversion
3. Smith & Wesson Model 1½ "New Model" Top Break
4. Colt 1861 Navy Conversion
5. Remington 1867 Navy Rolling Block Pistol
6. Merwin & Hulbert Single-Action Army Revolver
7. Colt Single-Action Army Bisley Model
8. Colt Model 1877 Thunderer Double-Action Revolver
9. Francois Dumoulin Double-Barreled Pistols
Breech-loading Rifles and Carbines
1. Hall Model 1819 Rifle
2. Nicanor Kendall Harmonica Rifle
3. Greene Underhammer Rifle
4. Smith Carbine
5. Sharps Model 1863 Carbine
6. Sharps & Hankins Navy Carbine
7. Burnside Carbine
8. Spencer Carbine
9. Model 1863 Maynard Carbine
10. Triplett & Scott
11. Needham Musket Conversion
12. Second Model Allin Conversion 1866 Springfield
13. Snider-Enfield
14. Werndl Rifle
15. Peabody Military Rifle
16. Second Contract Spanish Rolling Block Rifle
17. Spanish Contract Rolling Block Carbine
18. Winchester Model 1873
19. Swiss Vetterli Model 1871 Repeating Rifle
20. Mauser Model 1871
21. Model 1871/84 Mauser
22. Murata Type 18
23. Springfield 1873 .45-70
24. Model 1873 “Trapdoor” Springfield
25. Chassepot Needle Gun
26. French Model 1874 Gras Rifle
27. Beaumont M1871/88 Infantry Rifle
28. Type 22 Murata Rifle
29. Brazilian Contract Comblain Rifle
30. Mark II Martini-Henry
31. Gehendra Rifle
32. Evans Repeating Carbine, Transitional Model
33. H. Pieper Shotgun
34. Mark IV Martini-Henry
35. M86 Lebel
36. German "Commission" Rifle Model 1888S
37. German "Commission" Rifle Model 1888/05
38. Model 1891 Argentine Mauser
39. Model 1893 Spanish Mauser
40. Swedish M1896 Mauser
41. Type 30 Arisaka Rifle
42. Model 1898 Krag-Jørgensen
43. Model 1903 Springfield
44. Winchester Model 1905 Auto-loading Rifle
45. M1917 "Eddystone" Rifle
46. Japanese Type 38 Rifle
47. M1892 Berthier Carbine
48. M1916 Berthier
49. Model 1898 Mauser
50. Model 1891 Carcano Rifle
51. Ross Rifle
52. Russian Contract Model 1895 Winchester
53. M1891 Mosin-Nagant Rifle
54. M1895 Steyr Rifle
55. Mark III* Small Magazine Lee-Enfield
56. M1911 Schmidt-Rubin
57. Italian Vetterli Rifle
58. Stevens Crack Shot Rifle
59. M93-R35 Lebel Carbine
60. Mark III Greener Police Shotgun
61. Mossberg 42M-B Training Rifle
62. Steyr M95/30
63. Mosin-Nagant
64. Model 38 Carcano Rifle (Finnish Marked)
65. Mauser K98
66. K31 Schmidt-Rubin
67. Savage-made Lee-Enfield Rifle
68. Remington Model 8 Autoloading Rifle
69. Swedish AG M42B
70. M1 Garand
71. M1 Carbine
72. Winchester Model 12 Military Shotgun
73. Arisaka Type 99 Rifle
74. Last Ditch Arisaka Type 99 Rifle
75. Vietnam Captured MAS 36
76. French MAS 49/56 Rifle
77. AK-47/AKM
Appendices for Chapter 10:
- The Era of the Bayonet
- Remington Rolling Block Military Rifles and Carbines
- Treasures of Nepal
- Mauser Comparison
- Arisaka Type 99 Comparison
- Carbines, Cavalry, Dragoons, and Musketoons: The Shrinking Military Rifle
Early Military and Police Pistols
1. Galand revolver
2. Early Type 1 "Mark 2" RIC Revolver
3. Bavarian Werder Artillery Pistol
4. Levaux Revolver
5. Model 1874 Chamelot Delvigne
6. Ludwig Loewe-made Smith & Wesson No. 3 Russian Revolver
7. Mauser Zig-Zag revolver
8. Reichsrevolver, Trooper's Model
9. Reichsrevolver, Officer's Model
10. Model No. 1, 1883 New Model Webley RIC Revolver
11. Enfield Mark 2 Revolver
12. Kynoch Model 2 Revolver
13. Montenegrin Revolver
14. Model 1882 Swiss Revolver
15. Belgian-made Constable Revolver
16. Rast & Gasser Model 1898
17. Danish Military revolver
18. Italian Bodeo Revolver, Enlisted Man's Model
19. French Model 1892 Lebel Revolver
20. Japanese Type 26 Revolver
21. H. Pieper Garcia-Reynoso Revolver
22. Smith & Wesson No. 1 Hand Extractor
23. Webley Mark III
24. Colt 1892(5) Navy Revolver
25. 1900 American Eagle "Test" Luger
26. Browning 1900
27. Webley-Fosbery Automatic Revolver
28. Early-Production Colt 1902 Military
29. Mannlicher 1905
30. Colt 1902 Military Standard Production Model
31. Roth-Steyr
32. Glisenti 9mm
33. Bergman-Bayard 1910/21
34. Model 1913-16 Campo-Giro
35. US Government Colt M1911 .45 Automatic
36. Webley & Scott 1913 Navy .455-Caliber Auto-loader
37. Frommer Stop
38. Hopkins & Allen Safety Police
39. World War I Steyr Hahn
40. Broomhandle Mauser
41. Persian Contract 1896 Mauser
42. 1916 Prussian Contract (Red Nine) Broomhandle Mauser
43. Artillery Luger
44. Erfurt Luger
45. Webley Mark VI
46. Ruby
47. Spanish-made French World War I Star Model 1914
48. French Military Contract Savage Model 1907 Pistol
49. Beholla .32-caliber German Auxiliary Pistol
50. Langenhan .32-caliber German Auxiliary Pistol
51. Walther Model 4
52. Smith & Wesson Model 1917
53. Colt Model 1917
54. Bolo Mauser
55. Astra M900
56. Jo-Lo-Ar Pistol
57. Luger (7.63mm)
58. Steyr 1908/34 Pistol
59. Colt Official Police
60. Beretta Model 1915/19
61. Swedish M1907 Browning
62. Manufrance Saint-Étienne Policeman
63. Le Francais Model 28 Type Armee Pistol
64. Reising .22-Caliber Target Pistol
Appendices for Chapter 11:
- Development of Auto-loading Semi-automatic Pistols
- Clips
- Fifteen Years on Either Side of 1855
Pocket Pistols
1. Williamson Derringer
2. Continental Pepperbox
3. My Friend Knuckle Duster
4. Remington Vest-Pocket Pistol
5. Colt "Cloverleaf" House Pistol
6. Colt Open-Top Pocket .22
7. Colt Model 3 Derringer for English Market
8. J. Stevens Pocket Pistol
9. Otis Smith "Suicide Special"
10. C.S. Shattuck Pocket Pistol
11. Bulldog Revolver
12. Smith & Wesson First-Model Safety Double-Action Revolver
13. Chicago Firearms Palm Pistol
14. Gaulois Palm Pistol
15. FN Browning Model 1910
16. Sauer Bar Pistol
17. Pieper Pocket Pistol
18. Reform Pistol
19. Colt 1903 .38 ACP Pistol
20. Colt 1903 Hammerless
21. Walther Model 2/5 Pocket Pistol
22. FN Browning 1906 Vest-Pocket Pistol
23. Victoria Model 1911
24. Smith & Wesson Model 1913 Automatic
25. Dreyse 1907
26. Baby Hammerless Revolver
27. Steyr Model 1909 Vest-Pocket Pistol
28. Lignose Einhand Model 2A
29. Remington Model 51
30. Colt Model 1908 .25-caliber Hammerless
31. Mauser WTP 1
32. Velodogs
33. Clement Pocket Revolver
34. Walther Model 5
35. Bayard
36. Sauer Model 1914
37. Warner Infallible
38. Savage Model 1917
39. Colt Model 1908 .380 Hammerless
40. Webley & Scott Model 1921 .32-caliber Auto-loader
41. Webley & Scott Model 1907 .25-caliber Auto-loader
42. Harrington & Richardson .25-caliber Auto-loader
43. Harrington & Richardson .32-caliber Auto-loader
44. Star Model 1919
45. Mauser 1910 Pocket Pistol
46. Mauser Model 1914
47. Mauser Model 1934
48. Walther Model 8
49. Walther Model 9
World War II-Era Pistols
1. Swiss Model 1929 Luger
2. High Standard Model B
3. Ithaca Gun 1911A1
4. Astra Model 1921 (M400)
5. Astra .38-caliber M300
6. Astra .32-caliber M300
7. Spanish Republican Astra Copy
8. Astra Model 600 Nazi Contract
9. Astra Model 600 Second Contract
10. Fake Nazi Star B
11. Steyr Hahn
12. Beretta Model 1934 (.380)
13. Beretta Model 1935 (.320)
14. FN Browning Model 1910/1922
15. CZ27
16. Unique Model 17 German Contract
17. CZ Model .38
18. Tula Tokarev TT-33 Pistol
19. Enfield No. 2 Mark 1*, Albion-made Pistol
20. Webley Mark IV
21. French Model 35A
22. German Contract French MAB
23. Belgian Browning High Power
24. Canadian-made High Power
25. Lahti
26. Sauer Model .38H
27. Hungarian FEG 37, German Contract
28. Mauser-made Luger
29. Nagant
30. Nambu 14
31. Nambu 94
32. Walther PP "Not Made in England"
33. Walther PPK
34. Mauser HSc
35. Radom
36. Walther P-38
37. Mauser-made P-38
38. Spreewerke P-38
39. P-38 Shooter
40. FP-45 Liberator
41. Argentine Model 1927 Colt Systema
42. Argentine Ballester-Molina
43. Chinese “Mauser”
44. French 35S
45. Unique Model 51
46. Israeli Webley
Appendices for Chapter 13:
- Fremdengerate, or "Foreign Equipment"
- Shooters and Collectors
Flare Guns
1. Hebel Model 1894
2. American Very Pistol Mark III
3. Perplex Model 2 Double Barrel
4. Japanese Type 10 Flare Gun
5. International Flare Mark 2 Pyrotechnic Pistol
6. English No 2 Mrk 5 Flare Signal Gun Pistol
7. Pyrotechnic Pistol M8
8. German ayf (Erma) Model 28
9. USN Sedgley Mark 5

Short Stories
1. The Boxlock Pistol
2. Pete and Marcus
3. The Mariposa Pistols
4. Pellegrino's Progress
5. A Tale of Two Colts
6. Don't Volunteer for Nothing

Handfuls of History

Matchlocks

Wheellocks

Flintlock Pistols

Percussion Pistols

Appendices for Chapter 4:

Muzzle-loading Muskets and Rifles

Appendices for Chapter 5:

Rocketballs

Pinfire Pistols

Appendices for Chapter 7:

Early Rimfire Pistols

Appendices for Chapter 8:

Early Centerfire Pistols

Breech-loading Rifles and Carbines

Appendices for Chapter 10:

Early Military and Police Pistols

Appendices for Chapter 11:

Pocket Pistols

World War II-Era Pistols

Appendices for Chapter 13:

Flare Guns

Short Stories