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As the author and editor, I’ve taken the time to carefully curate a selection of my personal favorite articles, stories, and features that I’ve written over time. This diverse assortment showcases the very best of my work in terms of content, creativity, and relevance across various topics and genres. Whether you’re looking for thought-provoking opinions, engaging narratives, or groundbreaking discoveries, you’ve come to the right place. I invite you to dive in and explore my handpicked collection of outstanding content that I’m particularly proud of. Enjoy the read!

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Italian Military Pinfire Cartridges and Revolvers

20 février 2022 par Aaron Newcomer 2 commentaires
Italian military pinfire revolver and cartridges

Kingdom of Sardinia

The story of Italian pinfire guns and cartridges begins in the Kingdom of Sardinia with an order of 5000 Lefaucheux model 1854 revolvers. This first order was placed in 1859 and delivered in 1861 and these guns were referred to as the Corto model. They were pretty similar to the typical Lefaucheux model 1854 revolver except they had a 21% shorter barrel around 123mm long. At the time that these revolvers were ordered and delivered it is thought that the arsenals had not yet started producing their own pinfire cartridges yet so cartridges were likely imported from France or elsewhere as well.

Sardinian Lefaucheux Corto Revolver
Sardinian Corto model from the collection of GVM and published in the book, Eugène Gabriel Lefaucheux Nineteenth-Century Arms Manufacturer in Paris and Liège.
Sardinian Lefaucheux Corto Revolver
Sardinian Corto model from the collection of GVM

The Kingdom of Italy

Shortly after these revolvers were ordered, the Kingdom of Italy was formed and a new order was made for another 12,000 revolvers.

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Hundreds of Gévelot pinfire cartridges excavated at Civil War site in Rolla, Missouri

22 janvier 2022 par Aaron Newcomer 10 commentaires
Pinfire cartridges

During the American Civil War, Rolla, Missouri was a heavily garrisoned town that played a strategic role protecting the terminus of the Southwest Branch of the Pacific Railroad. This section of the railroad branched off the main Pacific Railroad of Missouri 40 miles southwest of St. Louis in Pacific City. It began construction in 1855 and the first train pulled into Rolla on December 22, 1860.

Laying track. Date and location uncertain. Western Historical Manuscripts Collection; Missouri S&T
Laying track. Date and location uncertain. Western Historical Manuscripts Collection; Missouri S&T
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Le premier pistolet de Casimir Lefaucheux et la fin du système de cartouches de Pauly

11 septembre 2021 par Aaron Newcomer 3 commentaires
Casimir Lefaucheux Percussion Pistol
Pistolet à percussion Casimir Lefaucheux; collection de l'auteur

L'histoire du premier pistolet de Casimir Lefaucheux commence en 1812 lorsque Jean Samuel Pauly brevette un système de pistolet et de fusil à chargement par la culasse. Casimir Lefaucheux travaille alors comme apprenti pour Pauly et apprend l'art de la fabrication d'armes à feu. Il y a des opinions divergentes sur ce qu'était exactement cette première arme à feu, certains chercheurs modernes pensant que beaucoup de la documentation historique est incorrecte ou, du moins, mélange les inventions de Pauly et celles de son successeur, Henri Roux.

Ce qui est sûr, c'est qu'à cette époque, Pauly crée et brevette un système d'allumage d'une charge par l'utilisation d'air comprimé rapidement avec un piston à feu. Il est décrit dans un rapport d'une commission militaire française le 16 juillet 1812. Cette conception est également brevetée en Angleterre en 1814 et 1816, où Pauly déménage après avoir vendu sa boutique parisienne.

La question est de savoir si c'était aussi la conception de son brevet français du 22 septembre 1812. La demande de brevet n'entre pas dans les détails sur le fonctionnement du mécanisme, et les dessins accompagnant montrent des images d'un fusil et d'un pistolet utilisant un piston à percussion pour frapper un composé de percussion précoce. Les premières critiques du système et le registre officiel du brevet parlent tous de ce mécanisme à percussion.

Pauly Pistol
Image du pistolet Pauly attribuée au brevet Pauly de 1812 par l'Institut national de la propriété industrielle français

Certains chercheurs pensent qu'il est peu probable que Pauly ait créé la version à air comprimé pour la revue militaire de 1812, puis qu'il soit passé à la version à percussion dans son modèle civil plus tard en 1812, puis qu'il soit revenu à la version à air comprimé qu'il a brevetée à Londres.

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The Relationship Between the United States and Pinfire Cartridges

13 février 2021 par Aaron Newcomer Un commentaire
Civil War Soldier with Pinfire Revolver
Adam Rabel of the 116th Ohio Infantry Regiment with a Lefaucheux model 1854 pinfire revolver in his belt

The pinfire system was one of the most important developments in the history of firearms. It mainstreamed the concept of fully-self-contained cartridges and breech-loading firearms.

An early 1/9 plate melainotype of a Union Cavalry Sergeant from the American Civil War. He has a Lefaucheux model 1854 Pinfire Revolver on the table next to him.
Charles Allen from Gouverneur, St Lawrence, New York holding a pinfire revolver. He was a private in the 1st New York Light Artillery.

Pinfire guns were made and used everywhere and were adopted at some point by nearly every major military in the world. Read through the following articles to learn about the relationship between the United States and pinfire.

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August G. Genez – A Practical Gunmaker

4 août 2020 par Aaron Newcomer 3 commentaires
A. G. Genez, Gunsmith Shop Closeup

August G. Genez was a French Gunsmith that began working in the gun-making industry at 13 years old in France. He died on June 17, 1897 and over the course of his career he had many successful ventures as well as challenging tragedies.

This article will take a look at A. G. Genez, the gunsmith in New York, New York, and follow his 50-year career in the gun industry. We will also take a look at his successors of his gun shop, Vincent Bissig and John P. Dannefelser.

When August Genez was 21 years old he immigrated to the United States from a port in Le Havre, France on a ship named Charles Thompson and arrived in New York, New York on April 10, 1854. The ship log of his emigration record states he was from Germany but his naturalization record, son’s wedding record, various ads of his, son’s various census records all state his birthplace was France.

A. G. Genez shops map

The Genez name first shows up in the 1856/1857 issue of Trow’s New York City Directory where Genez August is listed as a gunsmith at 221 William. The same year the Wilson’s business directory of New-York City list him under the Gunsmiths section with his business at 221 William.

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Early Lefaucheux Advertisements from the Journal Des Débats

17 avril 2020 par Aaron Newcomer Aucun commentaire
Journal Des Débats

The Journal Des Débats was an influential French newspaper that was published between 1789 and 1944. The following advertisements by Maison Lefaucheux were in various issues.

MAISON LEFAUCHEUX, 10, r. de la Bourse.
FUSILS à systéme et à percussion ordinaire.
MÉDAILLES aux Expositions de 1834 et 1839

The earliest one I have acquired so far was from the August 18, 1839 issue. It lists the address of House Lefaucheux as 10, rue de la Bourse, This is the address that Casimir Lefaucheux worked out of from 1834 – 1835 and then again from 1845 to 1850.

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W. Tibbals Revolving Firearms Patent Model

21 mars 2020 par Aaron Newcomer 3 commentaires
William Tibbals Pinfire Patent Drawing

One of the most famous American ammunition manufacturers was William Tibbals. William Tibbals was the partner in the company, Crittenden & Tibbals, who supplied mostof the rimfire ammunition during the American Civil War.

Part of what made Crittenden & Tibbals so successful was their early relationship with firearms manufacturers such as Smith & Wesson. Crittenden & Tibbals made some of the earliest rimfire cartridges for Smith & Wesson, Bacon, Spencer and others. I am sure that within their relationship with Smith & Wesson they were well aware with the issues of many people trying to circumvent or infringe on the Rollin White patent that Smith & Wesson had an exclusive license to use; especially since some of their main customers were some of the infringing companies.

The Rollin White patent was actually a fairly ridiculous pistol design that would have unlikely ever been made. However, there was one interesting feature about it that Daniel B. Wesson was interested in; the concept of a revolver with a bored-through cylinder which allowed metallic cartridges to be inserted from the back. This concept already existed with pinfire revolvers in Europe but it was the first time the concept was patented in the United States. So from 1855, through the next 17 years, anyone who wanted to make a revolver that loaded from the back had to go through Smith & Wesson.

During this time period there were a few notable designs that effectively evaded this patent such as the cupfire, teatfire and thuer cartridges. The revolvers that used these were designed to be loaded from the front of the cylinder and have a back that was not bored all the way through.

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John Hall’s Patent Automatic Clock Gun

27 février 2020 par Aaron Newcomer 4 commentaires
Hall's Automatic Clock Gun

John H. Hall was a US gunsmith that invented a hybrid breechloading and muzzleloading rifle adopted by the US Army in 1819. But that’s not who we will be talking about. The John Hall we will be talking about was an auto mechanic. He lived in the small town of Wigton, Cumberland (present day Cumbria), in northwest England. Wigton had a population of 4000 people and was designated as a market town which gave it the legal right to hold a weekly market. In the late 1800s and early 1900s there were a lot of agricultural activities in the surrounding area including notable berry farms, livestock farms and many other types of farms.

John Hall owned a company called Station Road Works which was located on Station Road and very likely was the building that is the current Station Road Garage.

Business where John Hall made his Clock Guns

Hall was officially appointed by the Automobile Club of Great Britain and Ireland and the Motor Union of Great Britain and Ireland as an automobile repairer for the Wigton area and listed in their Automobile Handbook. He referred to himself as an engineer and was likely a machinist that could fabricate parts needed to repair automobiles.

Patent Drawing of Hall's Automatic Clock Gun

On April 2nd in the year 1902, Hall applied for a British patent for “Improvements in Apparatus for Scaring Purposes, Especially Applicable for Scaring Birds.” This application for his clock gun mentions existing similar devices that used a clock and had hands attached to levers that would release weights. He mentioned that these devices were very expensive and prone to wear over time. He also mention the dangers of how each barrel was loaded at the muzzle and detonated by a cap and that sometimes people would steal or mess with the powder since everything was loaded from the outside.

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Bonjour, je m'appelle Aaron Newcomer. Je suis collectionneur et chercheur sur les systèmes d'armes à feu à chargement par la culasse du début du 19e siècle, avec un intérêt particulier pour les travaux de Jean Samuel Pauly et Casimir Lefaucheux. Je collectionne les cartouches et les documents liés à ces types d'armes à feu et je mène des recherches sur ces sujets, approfondissant ma compréhension et ma connaissance de ces armes historiques et leur place dans l'évolution de la technologie des armes à feu. Ma collection et mes recherches reflètent mon engagement à préserver et à comprendre l'histoire et les innovations techniques de ces systèmes d'armes à feu anciens.

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Italian Military Pinfire Cartridges and Revolvers

Italian Military Pinfire Cartridges and Revolvers

Hundreds of Gévelot pinfire cartridges excavated at Civil War site in Rolla, Missouri

Hundreds of Gévelot pinfire cartridges excavated at Civil War site in Rolla, Missouri

Casimir Lefaucheux’s first pistol and the death of Pauly’s Cartridge System

Le premier pistolet de Casimir Lefaucheux et la fin du système de cartouches de Pauly

The Relationship Between the United States and Pinfire Cartridges

The Relationship Between the United States and Pinfire Cartridges

August G. Genez – A Practical Gunmaker

August G. Genez – A Practical Gunmaker

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