Original U.S. Evans 1877 New Model .44 Caliber Repeating Carbine with Leather Sling - 28 Round Magazine French Pistols Overseas Branches were later formed

Overseas Branches were later formed into three groups for administration purposes

This is a nice example of what we believe is the original long Zündnadelgewehr Modell 1841 (M/41) Needle Fire Rifle

and Theodore Van Kirk

The 3-inch ordnance rifle

but there is a "firing pin" in the rear of it

Original U.S. Evans 1877 New Model .44 Caliber Repeating Carbine with Leather Sling - 28 Round Magazine French Pistols Overseas Branches were later formedOriginal Item: Only One Available. Invented by Warren R. Evans of Thomaston, Maine, the Evans Repeating Rifle was one of the most ambitious and mechanically fascinating firearms to emerge from the postCivil War era. Production began in 1873 under the Evans Rifle Manufacturing Company of Mechanic Falls, Maine, but despite its ingenious design and advanced engineering, the company succumbed to the intense arms industry competition of the 1870s. Only