An ivory handled pinfire pepperbox revolver, mid 19th century.

this is the cowboy equivalent of the samurai who kills his foes but they only see his sword getting sheathed 

"Unworthy of my blade."

“Well shucks, forgive me master... ah must gitty-up whole hog jus' this once”

The six-shot revolver with butt 1854, Russia.

The State Hermitage Museum  in Saint Petersburg, Russia. 

Reid knuckleduster revolver, United Sates, manufactured 1870-1882.

from Carol Watson's Orange Coast Auctions

Wheellock Birding Rifle (Tschinke), 1650, Art Institute of Chicago: Arms, Armor, Medieval, and Renaissance

George F. Harding Collection Size: L. 108.5 cm (42 ¾ in.) Barrel L. 84.8 cm (33 3/8 in.) Caliber .32 Wt. 4 lb. 4 oz. Medium: Steel, fruitwood, staghorn, bovine horn, mother-of-pearl

https://www.artic.edu/artworks/116526/

The Slocum Revolver loaded rimfire cartridges from the side

Belgian-made Constable Revolver sold in Germany circa 1896

Smith&Wesson

Dumontier pinfire knife revolver, France, circa 1860′s - 70′s.

from Rock Island Auctions

Live firing a Colt M 1883 Gatling Gun

from Poulin Auctions

Tranter two trigger revolver, one of my favorites.

Japanese revolving matchlock pistol, 19th century

from The Victoria and Albert Museum

A fascinating and unique take on a Gun-sword with an internal Wheellock mechanism, lavishly embossed, silvered, and gilt,

France, probably Paris, ca. 1550-1555, housed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.