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the line of sight (some pepperboxes have a slot in the hammer through which one is supposed to aim), there is no place to put a front sight (putting one for each barrel would only increase the weight of the front end and likely make drawing the weapon awkward), and the gun is too front heavy to permit quick and steady aiming. However, the primary market was for civilian self-defense, so its most common use was at close range. Common practice at the time, indeed, was not to aim pistols, but instead to "shoot from the hip", holding the gun low and simply pointing at the target's center of mass. Gunfights often happened at a very close range. With this use in mind, many pepperboxes, in fact, have smooth-bored barrels, even though rifling had been commonly used for decades by the time of their manufacture. In the
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barrel was attached to the cylinder pin, over time this weakened the gun, decreasing its accuracy. In addition, it lacked partitions between its nipples, risking similar chain-fires to the earlier pepperbox. This was exacerbated by the fact that the bar-hammers common on pepperboxes and transitional revolvers usually provided a weak blow, which meant that extra sensitive percussion caps were needed to ensure that the gun would fire, further increasing the risk of a chain-fire. Although later models were fitted with a shield to protect the user from cap fragments, there was still a risk of being killed or maimed as a multiple discharge could cause the gun to explode.
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revolvers, which largely shielded the percussion caps on neighbouring chambers from the flash struck by the weapon's hammer during firing. However, this feature is rarely seen on pepperboxes, although some had the nipples placed in recesses or at right angles to each other to reduce the chance of a chainfire. A chainfire in a pepperbox would be far less dangerous than in a single-barreled revolver because, with a pepperbox, each of its bullets could freely exit its own dedicated barrel (essentially turning it into an impromptu
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the barrels, and forward of the trigger (often a ring-trigger). Several other types of firing mechanisms exist, such as rotating internal firing pins (Rigby, Robbins and
Lawrence, Comblain), rotating firing pins on a hammer (Sharps, Grunbaum) or multiple firing pins (Martin). During the early 1830s English gunsmith
249:'s patent of 1807 (which ran until 1821), and the industrial revolution allowed pepperbox revolvers to be mass-produced, making them more affordable than the early handmade guns previously only seen in the hands of the rich. Examples of these early weapons are the American three-barrel Manhattan pistol, the English
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A few percussion pepperboxes were still hand-rotated but most have a mechanism that rotates the barrel group as the hammer is cocked for each shot. Single-action versions were made, notably by
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Multi-shot percussion firearms were often considered dangerous because firing one powder charge could ignite the others (a "chainfire"), all at the same time, when proper care was not taken. This problem was largely eliminated by the introduction of nipple partitions, evident on later percussion
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The pepperbox, or at least the firearm that is mostly associated with this term, was invented in the 1830s and was intended for civilian use, but military officers often made private purchases for their own use. The design spread rapidly in the United States, the United
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action but still had many deficiencies. The lack of an effective cylinder stop allowed a charge to be fired when the cylinder was not aligned with the barrel, resulting in an erratic shot possibly damaging the gun and even injuring the firer. While the shortened cylinder made loading easier the
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in that it contained bullets in separate chambers in a rotating cylinder. Unlike the revolver, however, each chamber had its own barrel, making a complex indexing system unnecessary (though pepperboxes with such a system do exist). Originally these pistols were
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pistols resembling the pepperbox have been allegedly downloaded and manufactured by drug dealers in the UK. A student from London named Tendai
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362:An English transitional revolver, mid 19th Century
2526:Spencer M1860, M1865 repeating carbine and rifle
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266:continental Europe. It was similar to the later
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108:Pepperbox guns have existed for all types of
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802:Guns of the old West: An illustrated guide
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2310:Remington M1860 Elliot revolver pepperbox
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971:Howard RIcketts, Firearms (London, 1962)
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560:A Russian four barrel underwater pistol
385:and the 1702's revolver of Rovira from
2837:Parrott 20-pounder M1861 rifled cannon
2832:Parrott 10-pounder M1861 rifled cannon
2789:12-pounder M1857 Napoleon field cannon
1419:Henrion, Dassy & Heuschen Revolver
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2405:Colt M1855 revolver carbine and rifle
1716:Villar Perosa aircraft submachine gun
1342:Patent for a 4 barrel pepperbox rifle
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2809:James 14-pounder M1861 rifled cannon
2275:Harpers Ferry M1836 and M1842 pistol
2177:USMC noncommissioned officer's sword
842:. Krause publications. p. 137.
215:A Russian pepperbox carbine made at
89:each barrel into alignment with the
2822:Ordnance 3-inch M1861 rifled cannon
2325:Smith & Wesson Model No. 2 Army
2205:Allen & Wheelock M1861 revolver
2905:Whitworth 70-pounder rifled cannon
2852:Whitworth 12-pounder rifled cannon
2784:12-pounder M1841 mountain howitzer
2516:Sharps & Hankins M1862 carbine
2400:Charleville M1816 and M1822 musket
2270:Elgin M1838 cutlass caplock pistol
1282:Roberts, Tyler (1 February 2022).
915:. Big sky publishing. p. 29.
825:Sharps pepper-box pistol 1859–1874
626:of this type, known as the Hexen.
583:; but never went into production.
423:revolver, most notably by General
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2329:Spiller & Burr M1861 revolver
2098:Weapons of the American Civil War
1308:Purcell, Kay (10 February 2022).
1205:, firearmblog, October 8, 2013. (
1189:, guns.com, September 13, 2013. (
1166:, 3D Print, September 10, 2014. (
2315:Savage-North M1861 Navy revolver
1271:from the original on 2023-03-16.
892:"Forty-Niner's pepperbox pistol"
2827:Ordnance 4.5-inch rifled cannon
2581:Springfield M1863 rifled musket
2576:Springfield M1861 rifled musket
2571:Springfield M1855 rifled musket
2390:Brunswick P1836 and P1841 rifle
2343:Volcanic M1855 repeating pistol
1633:TP-82 Cosmonaut survival pistol
1257:Sawer, Patrick (19 June 2019).
898:. Hearst Magazines. p. 72.
890:Hearst Magazines (March 1981).
799:Chapel, Charles Edward (2013),
483:A Dolne M1869 Apache revolver,
330:, and several were used at the
160:owned a three-barrel pepperbox
3039:Revolvers of the United States
2751:Coehorn 5.82-inch M1841 mortar
2601:Wesson M1859 carbine and rifle
2596:Volcanic M1855 repeating rifle
2333:Starr M1858 and M1863 revolver
954:. Arco gun library. H. Jenkins
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173:eight-barrel pepperbox shotgun
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951:A History of Spanish Firearms
156:were also made. For example,
2774:6-pounder M1841 field cannon
2694:Gatling I and II machine gun
2506:Richmond M1861 rifled musket
2220:Colt M1836 Paterson revolver
1540:Standard Manufacturing DP-12
1246:Plans for 3d print pepperbox
724:, ABC-CLIO, pp. 61–62,
590:produced the five-barrelled
499:cartridges. The five-barrel
396:It retained the pepperbox's
2566:Springfield M1847 musketoon
2455:Henry M1860 repeating rifle
2420:Enfield P1853 rifled musket
2415:Deringer M1817 Common rifle
2410:Deringer M1814 Common rifle
2230:Colt M1848 Dragoon revolver
2157:M1852 naval officer's sword
2147:M1840 light artillery saber
1748:Fyodorov–Shpagin Model 1922
1628:Springfield Armory M6 Scout
1203:3D Printed Pepperbox Pistol
1143:. Knaur eBook. p. 57.
530:Remington Zig-Zag Derringer
509:Dolne M1869 Apache revolver
97:, similar to rotation of a
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2472:Lorenz M1854 rifled musket
2320:Smith & Wesson Model 1
2255:Colt M1862 Police revolver
2235:Colt M1849 Pocket revolver
2225:Colt M1847 Walker revolver
2129:M1832 foot artillery sword
1859:Hotchkiss revolving cannon
1711:Flieger-Doppelpistole 1919
1603:M6 Aircrew Survival Weapon
1477:Attached grenade launchers
1104:. F+W Media. p. 165.
769:Charles G. Worman (2005).
391:Collier flintlock revolver
203:in the final years of the
73:, mostly in the form of a
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2799:32-pounder M1844 howitzer
2794:24-pounder M1841 howitzer
2779:12-pounder M1841 howitzer
2290:Lefaucheux M1858 revolver
2285:Lefaucheux M1854 revolver
2167:M1860 light cavalry saber
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1394:Arsenal Firearms AF2011A1
909:Annette Stephens (2012).
775:. UNM Press. p. 89.
643:The Legend of Vox Machina
148:. While they are usually
112:firearms and metal cased
77:, that has three or more
32:Pepperbox Wilderness Area
3029:Multiple-barrel firearms
2875:Bomford Columbiad cannon
2561:Springfield M1842 musket
2556:Springfield M1840 musket
2551:Springfield M1835 musket
2546:Springfield M1822 musket
2541:Springfield M1816 musket
2536:Springfield M1812 musket
2531:Springfield M1795 musket
2450:Harper Ferry M1803 rifle
2445:Hall-North M1843 carbine
2430:Fayetteville M1862 rifle
2305:Remington M1858 revolver
2260:Colt Root M1855 revolver
2250:Colt M1861 Navy revolver
2245:Colt M1860 Army revolver
2240:Colt M1851 Navy revolver
1378:Multiple-barrel firearms
1098:Norm Flayderman (2007).
1010:"Pistols with pedigrees"
2900:Rodman Columbiad cannon
2635:Double-barreled shotgun
2487:Mississippi M1841 rifle
2425:Enfield P1861 musketoon
1932:SPP-1 underwater pistol
1598:Chiappa M6 Survival Gun
1535:Double-barreled shotgun
1337:Examples of pepperboxes
1221:, Wired, 16 May 2014. (
836:David Chicoine (2005).
634:In the first season of
71:multiple-barrel firearm
2435:Gallager M1861 carbine
2395:Burnside M1855 carbine
2358:Whitney M1857 revolver
2338:Tranter M1856 revolver
2021:Double-barreled cannon
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1659:NIVA XM1970
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1293:13 February
1125:Chapel 2013
1086:Chapel 2013
1046:13 February
981:Kinard 2004
936:Kinard 2004
566:.22 caliber
421:Colt Walker
417:Mexican War
324:gold miners
281:Ethan Allen
205:Regency era
179:Early years
158:Samuel Colt
83:single shot
79:gun barrels
3003:Categories
2973:Minié ball
2923:cartridges
2919:Ammunition
2494:Brown Bess
2046:M61 Vulcan
1942:Flare guns
1901:Flash-ball
1893:Non-lethal
1818:Volley gun
1674:Scicon PDW
1399:Baylè 1879
1072:2008-11-06
1026:2011-08-26
958:2023-06-09
681:References
619:3D printed
613:Reprringer
592:P11 pistol
552:Modern use
495:that used
393:of 1819.
340:volley gun
291:offered a
261:Popularity
236:volley gun
191:, Ă–destugu
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114:ammunition
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2963:Gunpowder
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1572:Drillings
1567:Cape guns
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624:derringer
546:derringer
525:.22 Short
171:, and an
162:matchlock
154:long guns
130:flintlock
126:wheellock
122:matchlock
59:pepperbox
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2461:Mule ear
2187:Sidearms
2041:GSh-6-30
2031:GSh-6-23
2011:GAU-22/A
2006:GAU-13/A
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1798:RMG 7.62
1758:Gast gun
1512:Shotguns
1497:Nock gun
1449:Revolver
1414:Garrucha
1386:Handguns
1269:Archived
1183:Archived
654:See also
457:Rupertus
377:cylinder
312:Old West
268:revolver
152:, a few
150:sidearms
110:firelock
103:cylinder
99:revolver
2738:Mortars
2463:carbine
2372:muskets
2119:Bayonet
1973:Redback
1927:Mk1 UDG
1834:Eli gun
1808:Type 89
1763:In-Line
1502:TKB-059
1492:Knötgen
1454:TKB-506
1223:archive
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497:pinfire
487:, Liège
463:Revival
398:caplock
383:Manresa
255:Engholm
251:Budding
142:rimfire
138:pinfire
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