List of pre-20th century firearms

This is an extensive list of small arms made before the year 1900 and including the first functioning firearms ever invented. The list is not comprehensive; create an entry for listings having none; multiple names are acceptable as cross-references, so that redirecting hyperlinks can be established for them.

A

*Arquebus (Dutch - Rifle - 1400s)

B

*Blunderbuss (Dutch - Shotgun - 1700s)
*Brown Bess (UK - Rifle - 1722)
*Burnside Carbine (US - Rifle - 1857)

C

*Caliver (UK - Rifle - 1600s)
*Chamelot Delvigne French 1873 (French - Revolver - 1873)
*Charleville (French - Rifle - 1770s)
*Colt Army Model 1860 (US - Revolver - 1860)
*Colt Dragoon Revolver (US - Revolver - 1848)
*Colt 1851 Navy (US - Revolver 1851)
*Colt M1861 Navy (US - Revolver - 1861)
*Colt revolving rifle (US - Repeating Rifle - 1855)
*Colt Single Action Army (US - Revolver - 1873)

E

*Enfield 1853 Rifled Musket (UK - Rifle - 1853)
*Enfield Revolver (UK - Revolver - 1880)

F

*Frontier Six-Shooter (US - Revolver- )

G

*Gatling Gun (US - Machine Gun - 1862)

H

*Henry Repeating Rifle (US - Rifle - 1850s-1866)

K

*Kropatschek (Austrian - Rifle - 1881)

L

*Lebel 1886 (French - Rifle - 1886)
*LeMat Revolver (CS - Revolver - 1856)

M

*Maxim Gun (UK - Machine Gun - 1883)

R

*Remington Model 1858 (US - Revolver - 1862)
*Ribauldequin (UK - 1339)

*Schofield Model 3 (US - Revolver - 1875)
*Sharps Rifle (US - Rifle - 1848)
*Smith & Wesson Model 1 (US - Revolver - 1857)
*Smith & Wesson No. 3 Revolver (US - Revolver - 1870)
*Spencer Rifle (US - Rifle - 1860)
*Springfield Model 1795 Musket (US - Rifle - 1795)
*Springfield Model 1855 (US - Rifle - 1855)
*Springfield Model 1861 (US - Rifle - 1861)
*Springfield Model 1863 (US - Rifle - 1863)
*Springfield Model 1865 (US - Rifle - 1865)
*Springfield Model 1866 (US - Rifle - 1866)
*Springfield Model 1868 (US - Rifle - 1868)
*Springfield Model 1871 (US - Rifle - 1871)
*Springfield Model 1873 (US - Rifle - 1873)

T

*Tu Huo Qiang (Chinese - Rifle - 1259)

W

*Walker Colt (US - Revolver -1847)
*Winchester Model 1887 (US - Shotgun - 1887)
*Winchester Model 1894 (US - Rifle - 1894)
*Winchester Rifle (US - Rifle - 1873)

ee also

*List of firearms
**List of firearms by era
***List of World War II firearms
**Lists of firearms by country
**List of firearms by type
***List of pistols