The Moore revolver (Moore’s Patent Revolver) was a clever and influential American pocket revolver of the Civil War era, Designed by Daniel Moore and manufactured by Moore's Patent Firearms Co. in Brooklyn, New York from 1861 to 1870). This 7-shot revolver was chambered in unique .32 Teat-fire ammunition, created to get around the Rollin White patent. The barrel lengths varied from 4 to 6 inches, and is currently notable for two things:

an early swing-out to the right cylinder (one of the first commercial U.S. examples to use that concept). its use of special “teat-fire” front-primed cartridges as a workaround around the Rollin White bored-through-cylinder patent.
Mechanically the Moore was quite compact but inventive. Many examples were seven-shot designs (although some six-shot pocket versions existed), the cylinder could be swung out to the right for loading, while an ejector rod under the barrel let the shooter remove fired cases. That combination of features made it relatively fast to reload and attractive to soldiers and civilians who wanted a compact cartridge revolver, especially during the mid westward expansion era (1866-1870) where not everyone could afford a full size revolver, and had to use pocket sidearms instead if they wanted a sidearm.

In service and use the Moore proved popular despite legal and commercial battles. It sold well early in the Civil War, around 8000 were produced and it became a somewhat common private purchase by both Union and Confederate soldiers fighting in the south, who apreciated the capability of the brass cartridges to keep dry amidst the humidity of the swamps, with the later rim-fire pocket pistols becoming important competitors to Smith & Wesson during the war and reconstruction years, Moore and his companies later ran into lawsuits and business reorganizations that left them no other option but to declare bankruptcy, however the revolvers left a strong imprint on the cartridge pistol market, leading to eventual pocket, cartridge firearms such as the Colt Open Top.

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