I have always wanted to see Umarex, Crosman and other Airgun manufacturers release replicas of 19th century firearms, especially certain firearms like the Volcanic Repeating Arms Pistol!
Smith & Wesson worked on this handgun, which was chambered in .31 caliber rimfire and .41 caliber rimfire, and it's ammo were lead bullets with powder and primer built into the base of the bullet.
The Volcanic pistol was a commercial failure, mainly due to its lack of power, but the lever action mechanism was later perfected and evolved into the Lever action rifles made by Winchester.
Hopefully someday there will be an Airgun replica.
The gun pictured is a non-firing, fully functional replica that I owned for a while, but recently sold on gunpost.ca, and it's someone else's turn to appreciate this amazing bit of history.
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