Revolver
The revolver was a single action weapon witch requires the shooter to pull back the hammer before each shot and then that revolves the cylinder that holds the bullets. After that one shot it lets go of the hammer after being pulled back and then it launches the hammer forward and then shoots the bullet forward. The revolver had a cylinder for a easy reload time and as nice design for easy carry and use. The army used it for he battle at the Alamo because they needed a better weapon then the pistol that reload time took around 30 seconds. Later in 1842 when colts company went bankrupt Samuel Walker came out with the walker colt and then he started a company in Hartford Connecticut like Samuel Colt he made baby models of his gun like the walker colt and he also made rifles. Before the revolver it took 30 seconds to reload and fire and then wait another 30 seconds then fire but when the revolver it took about 20 seconds to reload but you would be reloading 6 bullets and you could fire multiple times. The colt revolver was used for war and hunting for food because that were needs that most Americans back then needed to feed and protect themselves. Most people that were on the frontier preferred the colt revolver. The colt revolver was the first concept of the multi-shot pistol accept into the American culture. The west was the place for the revolver when you were moving west you have to fend off the Mexicans bandits snakes and all that so you could fight against more than one people.