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The Volcanic Repeating Arms Company was an American company formed in 1855 by partners Horace Smith and Daniel B. Wesson to develop Walter Hunt's Rocket Ball ammunition and lever action mechanism. Volcanic made an improved version of the Rocket Ball ammunition, and a carbine and pistol version of the lever action gun to fire it.
Sep 9, 2024 · The original concept had been developed by Walter Hunt in 1848, who enlisted the help of a man named Courtlandt Palmer to produce the gun, initially called a volitional repeater. This first...
Apr 19, 2011 · The Volcanic Repeating Arms Co. began producing rifles and pistols in 1856 after a partnership was formed by gun designers Horace Smith and Daniel Wesson. The weapons used what was termed...
Predecessors. Volcanic pistol. 1860 Henry and 1866 Winchester Musket. Left to right Carbines two 1873/1894/92/Trapper 92. In 1848, Walter Hunt of New York patented his "Volition Repeating Rifle" incorporating a tubular magazine, which was operated by two levers and complex linkages.
Apr 28, 2015 · As we saw previously, the Volition was the first lever action rifle and it used an innovative metallic cartridge, but its inventor, Walter Hunt, could not market the rifle successfully. The patent was improved by Lewis Jennings, who invented and marketed the Jennings rifle between 1849 and 1852.
Winchester had inherited a brilliant engineer, Benjamin Tyler Henry, who was an invaluable asset. Henry sought to improve on the Volcanic repeating rifle by enlarging the frame and magazine to accommodate seventeen of his newly redesigned, all-brass cased .44 caliber rimfire cartridges.
May 7, 2024 · The Model 1873 heritage starts with the Volition Repeating Rifle developed in 1848 by Walter Hunt. This unique lever-action used a tubular magazine and fired a Rocket Ball, an early attempt at caseless ammunition that featured a black powder charge loaded into the hollow base of a lead bullet.
