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List of firearms before the 20th century

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This is an extensive list of antique guns 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.

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  • Derringer (USA - small handgun)
    • Philadelphia Deringer: 1852
    • Colt Deringer: 1861
    • Sharps Deringer: 1859
    • Remington Deringer (Model 95): 1866
  • Dreyse Model 1841 "Needle Gun" (Kingdom of Prussia – rifle – 1841)

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  • Istinggar (Nusantara – arquebus – 16th century)

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  1. ^ Was designed by American Hiram Berdan. The first version, manufactured by Colt in the US, is known as model 1868, or Berdan I. The second version/Berdan II was initially produced at Birmingham Small Arms in England. The rifles were later manufactured in large numbers by Russian factories at Tula, Izhevsk, and Sestroretsk.
  2. ^ This revolver was primarily manufactured by Eli Whitney, Jr. at Whitneyville, Connecticut and not Samuel Colt's Patent Arms Company in Paterson, New Jersey.
  3. ^ Mark I to IV, with Mark V adopted in 1913 and the special Webley Mk IV .38/200 Service Revolver designed/adopted in 1932.

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