Teat-fire cartridge

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The teat-fire (or teatfire) is an obsolete type of

The Moore Caliber .32 Teat-fire, which used a unique cartridge to get around the Rollin White patent owned by Horace Smith and Daniel Wesson, proved very popular during the Civil War, with both soldiers and civilians. The "Teat-fire" cartridges did not have a rim at the back like conventional cartridges, but were rounded at the rear, with a small "teat" that would protrude through a tiny opening in the rear of the cylinder. The priming mixture was contained in the "teat" and when the hammer struck it, the cartridge would fire. Thus, it was akin to a rimfire cartridge, but instead of having priming all the way around the edge of the rim, it is centrally located in the teat.^[1] There were 2 variations of the "teat"; a round teat and a flat teat. The flat version seems to be the one most commonly encountered by collectors.

Moore's Caliber .32 Teat-fire Pocket Revolver proved very popular during the American Civil War, with both soldiers and civilians. National Arms produced about 30,000 of the revolvers from 1864 to 1870, when it was acquired by Colt's Manufacturing Company.^[2]

External links

• Radcliffe, Dave. "The case of Rollin White and Smith & Wesson versus three unusual and unique revolvers". armscollectors.com. Archived from the original on 1 March 2003.
• "Early Moore National arms Teat-fire revolver with hooked extractor". Antique arms, Inc.^{[unreliable source?]}

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