Posted September 26, 2019 4:00 pm by Comments

By Logan Metesh

Cased pair of Belgian copies of the Beaumont-Adams (top) and the Colt Model 1851 Navy (bottom). (Rock Island Auction Co)
Cased pair of Belgian copies of the Beaumont-Adams (top) and the Colt Model 1851 Navy (bottom). (Rock Island Auction Co)

England – -(AmmoLand.com)- The namesakes for the Beaumont-Adams revolvers are Robert Adams and then- Lieutenant Frederick E. B. Beaumont, both of whom were quite accomplished in their own ways. Adams is credited with having patented the first successful double-action revolver on August 22, 1851. Beaumont was a Crimean War veteran and, later in life, a member of Parliament.

Samuel Colt (left) and Robert Adams (right)

Robert Adams’ initial revolvers, which were manufactured in partnership with John and George Deane, were on display at the Crystal Palace Exhibition in 1851. Also exhibiting revolvers at the event was a man whose name would soon be known in households around the world: Samuel Colt. After Adams and Colt exhibited their guns at the Crystal Palace, Adams’ design took off in popularity faster than Colt’s Model 1851 Navy revolver. The reasons for this were simple. Adams’ revolver was available in a bigger caliber, was better made, and offered faster double-action shooting.

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