Pretty Wheel Guns

Revolver central. And sometimes other guns. Probably going to be mostly reblogs.

[wildtexas1800]

[peashooter85]

An ivory handled pinfire pepperbox revolver, mid 19th century.

[freetheshit-outofyou]

[aphextwinselectedambientworks]

this is the cowboy equivalent of the samurai who kills his foes but they only see his sword getting sheathed 

[siryouarebeingmocked]

"Unworthy of my blade."

[goodboysandgirlswhoplaysmash]

“Well shucks, forgive me master... ah must gitty-up whole hog jus' this once”

[viktor-sbor]

The six-shot revolver with butt 1854, Russia.

The State Hermitage Museum  in Saint Petersburg, Russia. 

[peashooter85]

Reid knuckleduster revolver, United Sates, manufactured 1870-1882.

from Carol Watson's Orange Coast Auctions

[bishopdane]

[aic-armor]

Wheellock Birding Rifle (Tschinke), 1650, Art Institute of Chicago: Arms, Armor, Medieval, and Renaissance

George F. Harding Collection Size: L. 108.5 cm (42 ¾ in.) Barrel L. 84.8 cm (33 3/8 in.) Caliber .32 Wt. 4 lb. 4 oz. Medium: Steel, fruitwood, staghorn, bovine horn, mother-of-pearl

https://www.artic.edu/artworks/116526/

[gunshub]

[handfulsofhistory]

The Slocum Revolver loaded rimfire cartridges from the side

[handfulsofhistory]

Belgian-made Constable Revolver sold in Germany circa 1896

[gunshub]

Smith&Wesson

[peashooter85]

Dumontier pinfire knife revolver, France, circa 1860′s - 70′s.

from Rock Island Auctions

[gunshub]

[peashooter85]

Live firing a Colt M 1883 Gatling Gun

from Poulin Auctions

[handfulsofhistory]

Tranter two trigger revolver, one of my favorites.

[peashooter85]

Japanese revolving matchlock pistol, 19th century

from The Victoria and Albert Museum

[armthearmour]

A fascinating and unique take on a Gun-sword with an internal Wheellock mechanism, lavishly embossed, silvered, and gilt,

OaL: 35 in/88.9 cm

Blade Length: 27.5 in/70 cm

Weight: 4.7 lbs/2132 g

France, probably Paris, ca. 1550-1555, housed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.