Gallery gun#Flobert guns

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Gallery guns are smallbore, single-shot or pump-action rifles, typically chambered in .22 Short. Some of the more popular guns are the Winchester Model 1890, Colt Lightning Carbine, Gevarm open bolt and the Winchester Model 62. Home shooting parlors and galleries began to decline in the early 20th century. However, gallery guns went on to be used in shooting galleries in carnivals, fairs and amusement parks.{{cite book|last=James|first=C. Rodney|title=Gun Digest Book of the .22 Rifle|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hMDRHG4E1ncC&pg=PA39|accessdate=25 January 2012|year=2010|publisher=Gun Digest Books|location=Iola, wisconsin|isbn=978-1-4402-1372-4|page=39}}{{Dead link|date=September 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} By the late 20th century, gallery guns have been eclipsed by airguns for the purpose of indoor shooting. Gallery guns are still manufactured, although they are primarily used for plinking and small game hunting.

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Frenchman Louis-Nicolas Flobert invented the first rimfire metallic cartridge in 1845. The 6mm Flobert cartridge consisted of a percussion cap with a bullet attached to the top.[http://www.firearmsadvantage.com/history_of_firearms.html "History of firearms"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222090129/http://www.firearmsadvantage.com/history_of_firearms.html |date=2015-12-22 }} (fireadvantages.com)[http://www.firearmsadvantage.com/how_guns_work.html "How guns work"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222103328/http://www.firearmsadvantage.com/how_guns_work.html |date=2015-12-22 }} (fireadvantages.com) These cartridges do not contain any powder, the only propellant substance contained in the cartridge is the percussion cap.[http://www.arquebusiers.be/section-tir.htm Shooting section (la section de tir)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131110001815/http://www.arquebusiers.be/section-tir.htm |date=2013-11-10 }} of the official website (in French) of a modern indoor shooting association in Belgium, Les Arquebusier de Visé. In Europe, the .22 BB cap (introduced in 1845) and the slightly more powerful .22 CB cap (introduced in 1888) are both called "6mm Flobert" and are considered the same cartridge. These cartridges have a relatively low muzzle velocity of around {{convert|700|ft/s|m/s|0|abbr=on}} to {{convert|800|ft/s|m/s|0|abbr=on}}. Flobert also made what he called "parlor guns" for this cartridge, as these rifles and pistols were designed to be shot in indoor shooting parlors in large homes.{{cite book|title =Flayderman's Guide to Antique American Firearms and Their Values|page=775|first= Norm |last=Flayderman |edition= 9|publisher =F+W Media, Inc|year= 2007 |location=Iola, Wisconsin|isbn =978-0-89689-455-6 }}{{cite book|last1=Barnes|first1=Frank C.|authorlink=Frank Barnes (gunsmith)|last2=Bodinson|first2=Holt|title=Cartridges of the World: A Complete and Illustrated Reference for Over 1500 Cartridges|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3_-kUkNXTNwC&pg=PA441|accessdate=25 January 2012|year=2009|publisher=Gun Digest Books|location=Iola, Wisconsin|isbn=978-0-89689-936-0|page=441|chapter=Amrerican Rimfire Cartridges}}{{Dead link|date=September 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

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Parlor pistols came into fashion in the mid-19th century; they typically featured heavy barrels and were chambered in a small caliber. They were used for target shooting in homes with a dedicated parlor or gallery for this purpose.{{cite book|last=Eckhardt|first=Charley F. |title=Texas smoke: muzzle-loaders on the frontier|url=https://archive.org/details/texassmokemuzzle0000eckh|url-access=registration|accessdate=25 January 2012|year=2001|publisher=Texas Tech University Press|isbn=978-0-89672-439-6|pages=[https://archive.org/details/texassmokemuzzle0000eckh/page/86 86]–88}} The Remington Rider single shot pistol was one of the better-known American-made parlor guns.{{cite book|last=Marcot|first=Roy Martin|title=The history of Remington Firearms|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jAmkAvoUKIEC&pg=PA24|accessdate=25 January 2012|year=2005|publisher=Globe Pequot|isbn=978-1-59228-690-4|page=24}}{{Dead link|date=September 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

Saloon guns were smoothbore weapons that fired 6mm Flobert rounds,{{cite book|last= Greener|first=William Wellington|authorlink=William Wellington Greener|title=The gun and its development: with notes on shooting|year=1885|publisher=Cassell|pages=417–419|chapter=Miscellaneous Arms}} but can refer to a large caliber firearm that was made to shoot a smaller caliber round in indoor shooting galleries by use of a chamber insert called a Morris tube. The Morris tube was shaped to the cartridge that the weapon was capable of firing and inside this tube was a smaller chamber for the round (typically .255 Morris) to fit.{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Rifle |volume= 23 |last= Seton-Karr |first= Henry |author-link= Henry Seton-Karr | pages = 325–336; see page 336 }}

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• [http://www.oldsacramentolivinghistory.com/argonaut/node/312 Winkler Parlor Pistol] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120919170801/http://oldsacramentolivinghistory.com/argonaut/node/312 |date=19 September 2012 }}
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