A comprehensive guide to the firearms of one of America's most important gunmakers Ethan Allen. In this study, Paul Henry illustrates and identifies the whole Allen product line, with special focus upon Allen & Wheelock, showing how features and designs evolved over time. Pepperboxes, barhammer pistols, inline pistols, boot pistols, bar hammer revolvers, dragoon pepperboxes, revolving rifles, Civil War handguns, side hammer revolvers, belt model revolvers, pocket model revolvers, center hammer revolvers, rifles and shotguns, rimfire pistols, lipfire revolvers, Providence police pistols, target pistols, and much more. 240 pages, full color photos, deluxe hardcover. Written by Paul Henry.

Table of Contents Includes:

• Introduction
• Preface
• Acknowledgements
• Ethan Allen Photo
• Thomas Wheelock Photo
• Table of Contents


• Chapter
• 1 History
• 2 The Day Book
• 3 Early Allen Single Shot Percussion Pistols
• 4 Single and Double Shot Percussion Pistols
• 5 Allen & Wheelock Single Shot Bar Hammer Percussion Pistols
• 6 Shot Gun Hammer Boot Pistols ( The No. 6 Rifled Pistol)
• 7 Single Shot Inline Pistols and the Minie Ball Bullet Mold
• 8 Double Barreled Single Trigger Percussion Pistols
• 9 Early Allen & Thurber Pepperboxes
• 10 Allen and Wheelock Pepperboxes
• 11 The Dragoon Pepperbox
• 12The Six Shot Standard Pepperbox
• 13 The Five Shot Pepperbox
• 14 The Four Shot Pepperbox
• 15 Percussion Revolvers
• 16 Bar Hammer Transitional Rifles
• 17 Side Hammer Percussion Revolvers
• 18 .36 Caliber Navy Side Hammer Revolvers
• 19 .32 Caliber Side Hammer Belt Model Revolvers
• 20 .28 Caliber Side Hammer Pocket Model Revolvers
• 21 Center Hammer Revolvers
• 22 .44 Caliber Center Hammer Army Revolvers
• 23 .36 Caliber Center Hammer Revolvers
• 24 Providence Police Pistols
• 25 Cartridge Pistols and Revolvers
• 26 Rimfire Revolvers and Pistols
• 27 .22 Caliber Rimfire Single Shot Side Swing Pistols
• 28 .22 Caliber Rimfire Single Shot Side Swing Pistols
• 29 .32 Caliber Rimfire Revolvers
• 30 .32 Caliber Rimfire Single Shot Side Swing Revolvers
• 31 Lipfire Revolvers
• 32 .44 Caliber Lipfire Revolvers
• 33 .36 Caliber Lipfire Revolvers
• 34 .32 Caliber Lipfire Revolvers
• 35 .25 Caliber Lipfire Revolvers
• 36 Cartridge Making Machines
• 37 Boxes and Bullets
• 38 Introduction to Long Arms
• 39 Muzzleloading Percussion Rifles and Shotguns
• 40 The Tap (Faucet) Breech Rifle
• 41 The Detachable Breech Target Pistol
• 42 Revolving Rifles
• 43 Breech Loading Cartridge Rifles
• 44 Epilogue
• 45 Patents



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