Robert Adams was a 19th-century British gunsmith who patented the first successful semi-double-action revolver in 1851. His revolvers were used during the Crimean War, the Indian Mutiny, the American
Adams Revolver, made by Durussel in Morges circa 1860. On display at Morges military museum
Adams cal .36 revolver
An Improved Frame Model of 1854
A Beaumont–Adams
Beaumont–Adams revolver
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The Beaumont–Adams revolver is a black powder, double-action, percussion revolver. Originally adopted by the British Army in.442 calibre in 1856, it was replaced in British service in 1881 by the.476
Robert Adams (handgun designer)
…Beaumont, improved the gun by linking the trigger to a spurred hammer, permitting both single- and double-action fire. A new version of the revolver, the Beaumont–Adams, was produced and became so popular that it is said Samuel Colt was almost forced to shut down his London manufactory as a result. Adams had a falling…
British Army Mark III, Model of 1872
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