Editing Revolver (section)

==Revolving long guns==
[[File:Taurus-Rossi Circuit Judge.jpg|thumb|right|350px|Circuit Judge carbine]]

Revolvers are not limited to handguns; as a longer barrelled arm is more useful in military applications than a sidearm, the idea was applied to both rifles and shotguns throughout the history of the revolver mechanism with mixed degrees of success.<ref name="TroianiKochan1998">{{cite book|last1=Troiani|first1=Don|last2=Kochan|first2=James L.|last3=Coates|first3=Earl J.|author4=James Kochan|title=Don Troiani's Soldiers in America, 1754-1865|url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780811705196|url-access=registration|year=1998|publisher=Stackpole Books|isbn=978-0-8117-0519-6|page=[https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780811705196/page/214 214]}}</ref>

===Rifles===
Revolving rifles were developed in an attempt to increase the rate of fire of rifles by combining them with the revolving firing mechanism that had been developed earlier for revolving pistols. Colt began experimenting with revolving rifles in the early 19th century, making them in a variety of calibers and barrel lengths. [[Colt revolving rifle]]s were the first repeating rifles adopted by the U.S. military, issued to soldiers to improve their rate of fire. However, after firing six shots, the shooter had to take an excessive amount of time to reload. Also, on occasion, these Colt rifles discharged all their rounds at once, endangering the shooter. Even so, an early model was used in the [[Seminole Wars]] in 1838.<ref name="Coggins2012">{{cite book|last=Coggins|first=Jack|title=Arms and Equipment of the Civil War|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9kLCAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA36|year=2012|publisher=Courier Dover Publications|isbn=978-0-486-13127-6|pages=36–37}}</ref><ref name="DizardMuth1999">{{cite book|last1=Dizard|first1=Jan E.|last2=Muth|first2=Robert M.|last3=Andrews|first3=Stephen P.|title=Guns in America: A Reader|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ygcO6WyqrYkC&pg=PA62|year=1999|publisher=NYU Press|location=New York|isbn=978-0-8147-1879-7|page=62}}</ref> During the Civil War, a LeMat Carbine was made based on the [[LeMat revolver]].<ref name="Shideler2011=lmc">{{cite book|last=Shideler|first=Dan|title=The Gun Digest Book of Guns & Prices 2011|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xyoOLh4ZNCQC&pg=PA556|date=10 May 2011|publisher=Gun Digest Books|location=Iola, Wisconsin|isbn=978-1-4402-1890-3|pages=555–556}}</ref>

Taurus and its Australian partner company, [[Rossi (manufacturer)|Rossi]], manufactures a carbine variant of the Taurus Judge revolver known as the ''Taurus/Rossi Circuit Judge''. It comes in the original combination chambering of .45 Long Colt and [[.410 bore]], as well as the .44 Magnum chambering and dual-cylinder .22LR/[[.22_Winchester_Magnum_Rimfire|.22WMR model]]. The rifle has small blast shields attached to the cylinder to protect the shooter from hot gases escaping between the cylinder and barrel.<ref name="Muramatsu2013">{{cite book|last=Muramatsu|first=Kevin|title=The Gun Digest Book of Centerfire Rifles Assembly/Disassembly|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uDImaye2tY0C&pg=PA310|year=2013|publisher=Krause Publications|location=Iola, Wisconsin|isbn=978-1-4402-3544-3|page=310}}</ref>

===Shotguns===
Colt briefly manufactured several revolving [[shotgun]]s that were met with mixed success. The [[Colt Model 1839 Shotgun]] was manufactured between 1839 and 1841. Later, the Colt Model 1855 Shotgun, based on the [[Colt revolving rifle|Model 1855 revolving rifle]], was manufactured between 1860 and 1863. Because of their low production numbers and age, they are among the rarest of all Colt firearms.<ref name="Sapp2007">{{cite book|last=Sapp|first=Rick|title=Standard Catalog of Colt Firearms|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6eBW-HqX24cC&pg=PA209|year=2007|publisher=Gun Digest Books|location=Iola, Wisconsin|isbn=978-1-4402-2697-7|pages=198, 209}}</ref>

The [[Armsel Striker]] was a modern take on the revolving shotgun that held 10 rounds of [[12-gauge]] ammunition in its cylinder. It was copied by [[Cobray]] as the Streetsweeper.<ref name="Cutshaw2011" /><ref name="JonesWhite2008">{{cite book|last1=Jones|first1=Richard D.|last2=White|first2=Andrew|title=Jane's Guns Recognition Guide 5e|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xNa3OtG25a0C&pg=PA355|date=27 May 2008|publisher=HarperCollins|isbn=978-0-06-137408-1|page=355}}</ref>

As noted, the original Taurus/Rossi Circuit Judge is chambered to use both [[45 long colt|.45 Long Colt]] cartridges and [[.410 bore]] shells. However, it utilizes a rifled, rather than smooth-bore barrel.

[[File:MC255-1.jpg|thumb|Closeup of MTs255]]

The [[MTs255]] ({{langx|ru|МЦ255}}) is a shotgun fed by a 5-round internal revolving cylinder. It is produced by the [[TsKIB SOO]], Central Design, and Research Bureau of Sporting and Hunting Arms. They are available in 12, 20, 28, and 32 gauges, and .410 bore.

===Other weapons===
The [[Hawk MM-1]], [[Milkor MGL]], [[RG-6 grenade launcher|RG-6]], and [[Granatnik RGP-40|RGP-40]] are [[grenade launcher]]s that use a revolver action. Because the cylinders are much more massive, they use a spring-wound mechanism to index the cylinder.{{Citation needed|date=March 2025}}

[[Revolver cannon]]s use a motor-driven, revolver-like mechanism to fire medium-caliber ammunition.{{Citation needed|date=March 2025}}