Longfellow Biography

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/ forgottenweapons • Cool Forgotten Weapons merch! http://shop.bbtv.com/collections/forg... • The Forehand Wadsworth company was a better firearms manufacturer than most people tend to give them credit for. It evolved from Allen Wheelock, with Sullivan Forehand and Henry Wadsworth both having married daughters of Ethan Allen. When Wheelock died in 1863, the two were made partners in the firm, which became Ethan Allen Co. Forehand was a particularly hard worker, and when Allen also passed away in 1871, the company again changed names to Forehand Wadsworth. Their main business was .32 and .38 pocket revolvers, which they made a quiet large number of. In 1873 they decided to compete in the service revolver arena, releasing the Army model we see here today. It was a 2.5 lb gun with a 7.5 inch barrel, chambered for the .44 Russian cartridge. Single action only, with a 6-shot cylinder and a rather weak and clumsy manual ejector rod. Ultimately, the gun simply could not compete with the superior Colt and Smith Wesson offerings, and less than a thousand would be made in total. A slightly improved version chambered for .44-40 was introduced in 1878, but this also failed to gain any significant traction in the market. • Contact: • Forgotten Weapons • PO Box 87647 • Tucson, AZ 85754

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