Lindsay, John Parker

Name	Street	Town	State	From	To
Lindsay, John Parker		Naugatuck (or New York ? as stated in Patent 29,287)	Connecticut	1859	1869

Patent	Date	Remarks
29,287	July 24, 1860	Improved Cartridge-Cases view patent
30,332	October 9, 1860	Improvement in Locks for Fire-Arms view patent

Contract	for

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He was engaged at the armories of Springfield, Naugatuck and New Haven, Connecticut .41 caliber percussion,2 shot Belt Pistol, barrel 5,5" octagonal. Approximately 100 manufactured between 1860 and 1862 .41 caliber percussion, 2 shot Pocket Pistol, 4" barrel, marked (5 lines) LINDSAY'S YOUNG AMERICA MAN'F'D BY J.P. LINDSAY MAN'FG CO NEW YORK and under the barrel PATENT'D FEB. 9. 1859. PAT'D OCT.9.1860. Approximately 200 manufactured between 1860 and 1862 right side other gun, left side other gun, right side .45 caliber percussion, 2 shot Martial Pistol, 8,5" barrel, part-octagonal. Approximately 100 manufactured between 1860 and 1862 experimental .58 caliber percussion, two shot muzzle loading rifle Musket, 1860, 41" barrel, groved left to right 1 turn in 6 feet, same as the regular Springfield barrels of the time. The charge was 60 grains of powder and a 500 grain bullet of special design. 500 (other records sais 1,000) were made at the Springfield Armory and issued to troops for trial. The bullet of the rear charge would act as a base and a gas check for the front charge. The gun had two hammers but only one trigger. The trigger works perfectly, whether either hammer is cocked of both are at cock at once. In this later case the right hammer always falls first. The fire from the cone hit by the right hammer runs along a canal to the forward charge. The fire from the left cone runs directly to the rear charge. J.P. Lindsay, inventor of this musket and some similar handguns, had experienced tragedy when his brother was killed and scalped. While Lindsay's brother was able to kill one of his two attackers with his single-shot musket, the second attacker was able to overcome the now defenseless man. Lindsay always felt that a two-shot firearm might have made the difference in his brother's final fight. In spite of the simplicity of this arm it failed to work well. The long canal became blocked with fouling, so that the forward charge was often useless. Occasionally the forward charge leaked past the bullet at its base and fired the rear charge too. The 16th Michigan Infantry is the only unit known to have been issued this arm. Soldiers of the 16th Michigan Volunteers in combat at Peebles Farm, VA in 1864 reported that in the heat of battle, simultaneous discharge of both charges was a common event and the stress of firing a double charge often destroyed the gun. view at the hammer of such Musket left side right side

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He was engaged at the armories of Springfield, Naugatuck and New Haven, Connecticut

.41 caliber percussion,2 shot Belt Pistol, barrel 5,5" octagonal. Approximately 100 manufactured between 1860 and 1862

.41 caliber percussion, 2 shot Pocket Pistol, 4" barrel, marked (5 lines) LINDSAY'S YOUNG AMERICA MAN'F'D BY J.P. LINDSAY MAN'FG CO NEW YORK and under the barrel PATENT'D FEB. 9. 1859. PAT'D OCT.9.1860. Approximately 200 manufactured between 1860 and 1862

right side

other gun, left side
other gun, right side

.45 caliber percussion, 2 shot Martial Pistol, 8,5" barrel, part-octagonal. Approximately 100 manufactured between 1860 and 1862

experimental .58 caliber percussion, two shot muzzle loading rifle Musket, 1860, 41" barrel, groved left to right 1 turn in 6 feet, same as the regular Springfield barrels of the time. The charge was 60 grains of powder and a 500 grain bullet of special design. 500 (other records sais 1,000) were made at the Springfield Armory and issued to troops for trial.
The bullet of the rear charge would act as a base and a gas check for the front charge. The gun had two hammers but only one trigger. The trigger works perfectly, whether either hammer is cocked of both are at cock at once. In this later case the right hammer always falls first.
The fire from the cone hit by the right hammer runs along a canal to the forward charge. The fire from the left cone runs directly to the rear charge.
J.P. Lindsay, inventor of this musket and some similar handguns, had experienced tragedy when his brother was killed and scalped. While Lindsay's brother was able to kill one of his two attackers with his single-shot musket, the second attacker was able to overcome the now defenseless man. Lindsay always felt that a two-shot firearm might have made the difference in his brother's final fight.
In spite of the simplicity of this arm it failed to work well. The long canal became blocked with fouling, so that the forward charge was often useless. Occasionally the forward charge leaked past the bullet at its base and fired the rear charge too.
The 16th Michigan Infantry is the only unit known to have been issued this arm. Soldiers of the 16th Michigan Volunteers in combat at Peebles Farm, VA in 1864 reported that in the heat of battle, simultaneous discharge of both charges was a common event and the stress of firing a double charge often destroyed the gun.

view at the hammer of such Musket
left side
right side