Welcome to at the moment’s Photo of the Day! Right here we now have the Miller Revolving Capsule Lock Rifle. The Miller brothers had been actual trendsetters with their 1829 patented revolving rifle design. Earlier than Colt got here round together with his well-known revolvers, the Millers crafted a uncommon breed of repeating firearm of their Rochester, New York workshop. Their secret sauce was a cylinder that needed to be manually rotated between pictures, not not like spinning the chamber on a contemporary six-shooter. To ignite every cost, they used an explosive mercury fulminate capsule that acquired crushed by the firing pin right into a bathe of sparks. No various hundred of those rifles had been ever made.
“James Millar patented this method in 1829, and brothers James and John Millar manufactured them in Rochester, New York, within the 1830s. The surname was later written as Miller. At the very least 15 gunsmiths finally made revolving rifles beneath the Miller patent into the mid-Nineteenth century, however William Billinghurst, who labored with the Millers and is recognized as shopping for out their patent in 1841, produced a big share of the whole Miller patent revolving rifles main them to even be generally known as Billinghurst revolving rifles. It’s estimated that only some hundred had been produced in complete. Nonetheless, surviving examples of revolving rifles utilizing the Miller patent present all kinds, and every is a glimpse into Nineteenth century craftsmanship and design.”
Lot 56: Deluxe J. & J. Miller Revolving Capsule Lock Rifle – Unbelievable Documented Deluxe Engraved, Silver and Gold Mounted J. & J. Miller “Present Piece” Capsule Primed Revolving Rifle with “C. Emerson” Inscription as Pictured in “Metal Canvas: The Artwork of American Firearms” by R. L. Wilson. (n.d.-a). Rock Island Public sale Firm. {photograph}. Retrieved January 29, 2024, from https://www.rockislandauction.com/element/86/56/deluxe-j-j-miller-revolving-pill-lock-rifle.