The Tranter revolver was a double-action cap & ball revolver invented around 1856 by English firearms designer William Tranter (1816 – 1890). Originally operated with a special dual-trigger mechanism (one to rotate the cylinder and cock the gun a second to fire it) later models employed a single-trigger mechanism much the same as that found in the contemporary Beaumont-Adams Revolver.
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weight (kg)
1088.64
origin
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
type
Percussion cap
used in war
American Civil War, British Empire, Anglo-Zulu War
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