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| 19th Centaury | Button-fly blue jeans first created in the 1800s |
| 1815/22 | Percussion Cap |
| 1836 | Pin Fired Shot Shell (Paper Body) |
| 1852 | Development slide action. |
| 1853 | 1853 sharp started as shotgun, changed to carbine for war. |
| 1855 - 1861 | Primer Shot Shell (Paper Body) |
| 1860 |
Henry Lever Action -- Volcanic Loading Colt - Revolving Shotgun Brass reloadable shot shells (1860 - 1873) The first effective and widely used magazine repeater was the Spencer carbine, patented in the U.S.A. Tyler F. Henry brought out the Henry 1860 rifle in 44rim. |
| 1860-1865 | In the American Civil War, both breech and muzzle loader were used |
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The true centre fire cartridge as we know it
today did not appear till exhibited by G. If. I)aw at the Exhibition of
Note: It was the patent of Pottet, a French gunsmith.
Breech loaders were coming into general use by |
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| 1863 | The first central fire repeater appears to have been Ball's carbine made by the Lamson Arms Co., Windsor, Vermont, U.S.A., in |
| 1863-1864 | For all practical purposes, metallic cartridges were not widely introduced until |
| 1866 |
Winchester 1866 Yellow Boy lever rifleFirst detachable choke,
Claims have been made for an American origin for choke boring, but these
have never been proved, and there is -no doubt that it was the invention of
Pape of Newcastle The first cartridge repeater shot-gun appears to have been the Roper The Snider service rifle was issued The Henry was merged into the Winchester |
| 1871 | The first true hammer-less gun appears to have been that of Murcott |
| 1873 |
Winchester model 1873 Rifle in 44WCF. Levi's patents riveted pants on May 20, 1873, considered that day to be the official "birthday" of blue jeans. |
| 1875 | Winchester model 1875 Rifle. |
| 1877 | Winchester Paper Body - Brass Head Shot Shell |
| 1878 | Appearance of hammerless Shotgun |
| 1880 | Spencer Slide Action Shotgun |
| 1887 | Winchester Lever Repeater shotgun |
| 1890 | Levi's® 501® jeans |
| 1893 | Winchester model 1893 -- Pump Shotgun Black Powder |
| 1897 | Winchester model 1897 -- Nitro Pump Shotgun |
| 1900 | End Cowboy Era for CAS |
