![]() In 1934, Smith and Wesson released the 357 magnum model 27. 38 special is still a very popular round, even to this day. ![]() Smith & Wesson made a great addition to revolvers when it released their model 10. In 1889, Colt released the model 1889, the first double-action revolver, the first with a swing-out cylinder. He made several variations on this revolver which eventually became the 1873 Colt Single Action Army, also known as the Colt 45 Peacemaker, the gun that won the West. In 1818, a flintlock manual turn revolver was developed, and that lead to the first repeating revolver developed by the famous Samuel Colt. ![]() The cylinder had to be manually turned and the matchlock system was unreliable, so it didn't catch on very well. The first revolver was a manual turn matchlock gun developed in the 1580s.
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