Wide open plains, saloons, gun fights, and train robberies; there was something about the Old West that captured the interests of Americans. The Fur Trade, The Rendezvous, The Cattle Drives, The Outlaws and Famous Gun Fighters all who helped open the West. At The Possible Shop, we carry authentic Cap & Ball Pistols. We have awide variety of Muzzleloading Shooting Supplies, Cap & Ball Shooting Supplies, along with Cap & Ball Holsters, Reloading Supplies, Authentic Frontier Clothing Patterns, Camping Supplies, and a variety of home décor that will satisfy collectors and history buffs.
Samuel Colt patented the first commercial firearm employing a revolving cylinder with multiple chambers aligned with a single stationary barrel in February 1836. The ”Paterson” a 5 shot revolver in .28 caliber, was the first, with a .36 caliber model following a year later. Beginning in 1847 Samuel Colt brought the percussion pistol (Cap & Ball) into the fullness of its development. Colt produced a wide variety of black powder Cap & Ball revolvers between 1847 and 1873. They included the 1847 Walker, the First, Second, and Third Model Dragoons, the 1862 Pocket Police, the 1848 Baby Dragoon, the 1865 Pocket Navy, the 1860 Army, and the 1851 and 1861 Navy’s
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MUZZLELOADING RIFLES & PISTOLS
Around 1725 / 1750 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania immigrant craftsmen from Germany designed a light, slender, accurate and graceful long rifle. It was the first truly American made firearm and became to be known as the Kentucky Rifle.
This rifle became the primary weapon of the frontiersmen in the wilds of Tennessee and Kentucky. The Kentucky Rifle was considered to be a necessity by frontiersmen, and most frontier families owned one. Rifle shooting was a way of life on the great American frontier.
