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Pettengill: The Civil War's Only Hammerless Revolver


Pettengill: The Civil War’s Only Hammerless Revolver
Ammoland Inc. Posted on
Pettengill revolver actions were easily gummed up by blackpowder residue. (Rock Island Auction Co)
U.S.A. –-(AmmoLand.com)- Countless revolver variations found their way into the hands of soldiers, both North and South, during the Civil War. From the diminutive Smith & Wesson Model 1 to the heavy-handed LeMat and everything in between, they all looked very similar to one another.
That’s what makes the revolvers designed by Charles S. Pettengill so unique.
In an era dominated by single-action revolvers with external hammers, the New Haven-based inventor created a double-action revolver with an internal hammer. Sure, there were other double-action models available (like those patented by Starr in 1860), but none of the others were what we would today call “hammerless.” ....

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WJZ CBS News Sunday Morning September 18, 2011



remember that? whatever happened to that anyway? many of us can t even read our own handwriting anymore. are we signing off on penmanship? tracy smith will be looking into that in our sunday morning cover story. i m going to sit right down and write myself a letter reporter: how is your handwriting? chances are it s not as good as theirs. does our legibility get better as we get older? no. what happens is you tend to peak around fourth grade. reporter: a primer on penmanship and whether it matters anymore later on sunday morning. osgood: if a just-released blues album happens to be rockin the house, the man you have to thank is dr. house or rather hugh laurie who plays dr. house in the popular tv series. he s a man of many talents and this morning our martha teichner will be paying him a house call. reporter: how did hugh laurie, british comedian, turn into a cranky american tv doctor? excellent diagnosis. the opportunity to reinvent myself the way i ....

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KPIX CBS News Sunday Morning January 23, 2011



i m going to sit right down and write myself a letter > how is your handwriting? chances are it s not as good as theirs. does our legibility get better as we get older? no. what happens is we tend to peak around fourth grade. so that s it. reporter: a primer on penmanship and whether it matters anymore later on sunday morning. osgood: jan s story is is a story of love and devotion in the face of a terribly sad but increasingly common condition told by our barry petersen. yes, you look. yeah, i d say. i like people. reporter: her name is jan carleton. she has early onset alzheimer s disease. darling. reporter: but she is not just a stranger. to me, this story is personal. how are you? there are survivor of heart attacks. there are survivors of cancer. there are survivors of lung disease. there are no survivors of alzheimers disease. reporter: a story i never thought i would tell as a reporter later on sunday morning. osgood: natalie portman is a h ....

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WJZ CBS News Sunday Morning January 23, 2011



important as clear comprehensible speech. speech seems to have been degraded and penmanship is almost a lost art. tracy smith will be reporting our sunday morning cover story. i m going to sit right down and write myself a letter > how is your handwriting? chances are it s not as good as theirs. does our legibility get better as we get older? no. what happens is we tend to peak around fourth grade. so that s it. reporter: a primer on penmanship and whether it matters anymore later on sunday morning. osgood: jan s story is is a story of love and devotion in the face of a terribly sad but increasingly common condition told by our barry petersen. yes, you look. yeah, i d say. i like people. reporter: her name is jan carleton. she has early onset alzheimer s disease. darling. reporter: but she is not just a stranger. to me, this story is personal. how are you? there are survivor of heart attacks. there are survivors of cancer. there are survivors of lung ....

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