What was the earliest revolver?

The earliest revolver appeared in16th century. However, until the19th century, the application scope of the matchlock and flintlock guns which need to be rotated manually was limited. /kloc-at the beginning of the 0/9th century, after the appearance of firing pistol, people carried out important reforms on revolvers: the rotation of the revolver was linked to the action of the firing machine. 1835, American s colt invented the world's first revolver with practical value on the basis of the original revolver, which was widely used and patented in Britain. This revolver uses a primer impact gun and a rifled barrel, and uses a paper shell bullet with a conical warhead. Therefore, Colt was praised by Americans as "the father of revolvers".

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Since then, Colt and others have made many improvements on revolvers. 1853, revolvers use metal bullets; 1868, the revolver was improved into a rear-loaded pistol. From the 1950s of 19, in the armies of most countries, the new revolver has replaced the muzzle-loaded pistol.

At the beginning of last century, revolvers were gradually replaced by automatic pistols.