25 Forgotten Home Defense Guns (One Killed a President)

In 1904, a gun company ran a magazine ad showing a small child in bed playing with a loaded revolver — and promised it was perfectly safe. The ad worked, and that revolver became the most common handgun in America. Tonight we count down 25 forgotten guns American families actually trusted to protect the household — the cheap revolvers, single-shot shotguns and lever-action rifles that lived in nightstand drawers, aprons, and on the rack above the door. Most weren't killed by scandal or failure in the field. They were killed by patent lawyers, production costs, and one law passed in 1968. From $3 hardware-store revolvers to the most produced revolver in human history, this is the antique firearms history nobody teaches anymore — and one is likely sitting in your family's attic right now. CHAPTERS 00:00 - The 1904 Ad Nobody Remembers 00:21 - What Actually Killed These Guns 00:47 - #25 Hopkins & Allen Revolvers 01:45 - #24 Marble Game Getter 03:05 - #23 Winchester Model 1911 SL 04:22 - #22 Stevens Favorite 05:13 - #21 Savage Model 1907 06:24 - #20 Colt 1903 Pocket Hammerless 07:32 - #19 H&R Young America 08:26 - #18 High Standard Sentinel 09:26 - #17 Mossberg Bolt-Action .22s 10:23 - #16 Remington Model 8 11:55 - #15 J.C. Higgins Model 20 13:05 - #14 Colt Police Positive 14:04 - #13 S&W Safety Hammerless 15:05 - #12 Colt New Service 16:04 - #11 Ithaca Model 37 17:09 - #10 Marlin 336 18:05 - #9 H&R Topper 19:06 - #8 Winchester Model 12 19:59 - #7 Colt Single Action Army 21:23 - #6 Stevens 311 22:15 - #5 Winchester Model 1897 23:21 - #4 Colt Detective Special 24:18 - #3 S&W Model 10 Military & Police 25:20 - #2 Winchester Model 1894 26:25 - #1 Iver Johnson Safety Automatic 28:09 - Go Look in the Attic Tell me in the comments what you found: make, model, and whose it was. Best story gets pinned. Subscribe to Frontier Files for more forgotten American history. #forgottenhistory #firearmshistory #americanhistory #gunhistory #wildwest ———————————————— FOOTAGE CREDITS Forgotten Weapons: • Colt 1903 in US Military Service (and for the OSS) • Minimalist Outdoorsman's Combination Gun: The Marbles Game Getter (1st Model) C&Rsenal: • Winchester 1911: Winchester's Puzzle Box Shotgun • Minute of Mae: French contract U.S. Savage 1907 1ShotTV — The Pre-NFA Double Barrel SHOTGUN Pistol! (The Game Getter) All Outdoors — Iver Johnson Safety Automatic Revolver 32 S&W—Shooting Review Arms Archives — The Disgraceful Truth About Frank Hamer's Final Manhunt Call Me Camo — Browning's Early Autoloaders | Remington Model 8/81 | Remington Model 11 | Colt 1903 CR Outdoor — Winchester Model 1911 Pt. 7: Conclusion & Clays Gay Gun Girl™ — Marble's Game Getter Gun ... Pre M6 Scout! hickok45 — Colt Model 1903 Pocket Hammerless Close-up Kinolibrary — 1970s Cowboy Quick Draw, Shoot Out, Wild West, HD from 35mm Lane Arms & Appraisals — Classic Firearms: A Colt Single Action Army Peacemaker .45 Colt from 1900 MuzzleBlast — Colt 1903 Pocket Hammerless NRApubs — I Have This Old Gun: Savage Arms Model 1907 Shooting USA — History's Guns: The Colt Single Action Army Sportsman 101 — Remington Model 8 Autoloading Rifle: How to Operate, Shooting, and History Tenacious Trilobite — Winchester 1911 SL "Widowmaker" POV Firing TFB TV — I Inherit (and Defile) a Mint, Unfired WWII Pistol 3D MODELS (CC BY 4.0 — https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...) • "Colt Single Action Army .45" by Guy in a Poncho https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/colt-... • "Double Barrel Shotgun" by Sebastian Kansik https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/doubl... Models were adapted (materials/lighting/animation) for this video. Short clips are used under fair use for educational and documentary commentary. All footage remains the property of its respective owners. ————————————————