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Adams Revolver
The Adams percussion revolver was the brainchild of British gunsmith Robert Adams, who received a patent for a new revolver design in 1851. The gun was a .436 5-shot DAO solid-frame revolver with a spurless hammer. The East India Company was the first to put the new revolver into service. British officers often purchased the Adams revolver privately while the Army waited until 1857 when an improved Beaumont-Adams version was adopted. Ten years later, it was replaced by .450 6-shot breach loading version, designed by Robert's brother John Adams. Roughly five-hundred 6-shot .36 caliber Adams revolvers were produced under license by Massachusetts Arms Co. in the United States starting in 1858.
Unusually for a firearm of their age, screen examples will likely be originals as reproductions were nonexistent till 2023, when Avancargas Arsa of Spain began a small run of handcrafted reproductions. However no firing scenes with an Adams are known to exist from a 21st century production, presumably due to this scarcity and age.
Specifications
Adams Revolver
(1851 - ????)
- Type: Revolver
- Caliber(s): .440
- Weight: ?
- Length: ?
- Barrel length: ?
- Capacity: 5
- Fire Modes: DAO
Beaumont-Adams Revolver
(1856 - about 1880)
- Type: Revolver
- Caliber(s): .442
- Weight: 2.4 lb (1.1 kg), unloaded
- Length: 11.25 in. (286 mm)
- Barrel length: ?
- Capacity: 5
- Fire Modes: DAO
The Adams Revolver and variants can be seen in the following films, television series, video games, and anime used by the following actors:
Film
| Title | Actor | Character | Notation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capt. Grant's Family (Deti kapitana Granta) | David Gutman | Major Mac Nabbs | 1936 | |
| The Mysterious Island (Tainstvennyy ostrov) | Ivan Kozlov | Tom Ayrton | 1941 | |
| Hannie Caulder | Robert Culp | Thomas Luther Price | 1971 | |
| The Headless Horseman | Eslinda Núñez | Isidora Covarubio | Beaumont-Adams | 1973 |
| Aleksandr Milokostyj | Henry Poindexter | |||
| How the West Was Won | Gregory Peck | Cleve Van Valen | 1985 | |
| Far and Away | N.Y.C. Irish thug | 1992 | ||
| Pawnshop (Lombard) | 2013 | |||
| True History of the Kelly Gang | Seen on Sgt. O'Neil's nightstand | 2019 |
Television
| Title | Actor | Character | Notation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sherlock Holmes | Nigel Stock | Dr. Watson | Mk II or Mk III; "The Hound of the Baskervilles" (S02E04 and E05) and "The Sign of Four" (S02E15) | 1968 |
Anime
| Film Title | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Princess Principal | Ep. 03; Beaumont-Adams | 2017 |
Video Games
| Title | Appears As | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assassin's Creed Syndicate | "1856 Revolver" | Beaumont Percussion variation; incorrectly depicted as holding 6 rounds. | 2015 |