Editing Rifle (section)

====Revolving rifle====
{{further information|Revolver|Repeating rifle#Revolver action}}

[[File:Colt Roots British Carbine.JPG|thumb|300px|Colt Model 1855 Carbine]]
Revolving rifles were 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, and other manufacturers like Remington later experimented with them as well. The [[Colt revolving rifle|Colt Revolving Rifle Model 1855]], an early repeating rifle, became the first to be used by the U.S. Government and saw some limited action during the [[American Civil War]]. Revolvers, both rifles and pistols, tend to spray fragments of metal from the front of the cylinder.<ref>{{cite web |title=Revolving Rifles |url=https://www.forgottenweapons.com/category/rifles/revolving-rifle/ |access-date=2021-03-15|website=Forgotten Weapons}}</ref>