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Heinrich GENHART

THE HEINRICH GENHART HORIZONTAL CYLINDER SYSTEM (or TURRET SYSTEM)

In the years 1850-1860, all manufacturers were possessed by the research on increasing the capacity of their firearms. Numerous systems saw light, sometimes for a very short while.

Many multishot weapons of different types can be seen at the Liège Museum of Arms, but the horizontal cylinder guns made by Heinrich Genhart, also called "turret revolvers» or "turret carbine", has drawn our special attention.

These guns were available in 3 versions: a handgun and 2 shoulder weapons., rifles and carbines, believed is that less then 5 carbines were made and only 2 are known. 

The Genhart Carbine

The carbine hee is a  breveté revolver, percussion system, featuring a horizontally placed cylinder with a capacity of ten rounds of the 9.5 mm calibre, and designed to use tube primers to ignite the cartridges.

This iron -framed gun is very well made; it has an octagon barrel with twelve grooves. Barrel is in the white, frame turned brown.        The cylinder lid is black engraved and each chamber is marked by gold inlaid figures from 1 to 10.

Stock is fine, missing a very small sliver against teh frame on the left side.  Several revolvers are known, and also rifles, but only 2 carbines ever surfacedd, this beeing one of them. It is completely functional and correct. . If you collect System guns, then you found one of the rarest inexcistance.