This .40-cal. Collier flintlock revolver came to the NRA National Firearms Museum from the Raymond Suckling estate. It was produced around 1820.

1630 - The first true flintlock. The flintlock solved a longstanding problem. Some time in the late 1500s, a lid was added to the flash pan design. ... 1871 - First cartridge revolver.

The modern design revolver has been around since 1830 when Sam Colt was bored while crossing the ocean on a slow boat and carved out a wooden model of a revolver. He is arguably said to have invented ...