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The Model 1874 was designed as the result of an experiment to lighten the Agar Mk.3 by rechambering it to the US Army's pistol cartridge, the .58-48 Government round. While that program was eventually scaled back due to a disappointing drop in the weapon's effective range, on designer took the design and decided to go a different route. Seeing the US military using multiple sidearms, they decided to create what could be a single universal sidearm. They took that modified receiver from the moribund Agar carbine project, removed the stock and foregrip, added a pistol grip, made the action semi-automatic, and properly realigned the gun's new sights. By 1873, the weapon was presented to the US army and after several tests and field trials went ahead and adopted it as the Model 1874, Semi-Automatic Army. The idea was to replace the M1869 Warhawk, M1870 Double-Action Calvary, and M1873 Double-Action Army revolvers with the M1874, but production couldn't keep up with demand until after the war.

Description
The Model 1874 was designed as the result of an experiment to lighten the Agar Mk.3 by rechambering it to the US Army's pistol cartridge, the .58-48 Government round. While that program was eventually scaled back due to a disappointing drop in the weapon's effective range, on designer took the design and decided to go a different route. Seeing the US military using multiple sidearms, they decided to create what could be a single universal sidearm. They took that modified receiver from the moribund Agar carbine project, removed the stock and foregrip, added a pistol grip, made the action semi-automatic, and properly realigned the gun's new sights. By 1873, the weapon was presented to the US army and after several tests and field trials went ahead and adopted it as the Model 1874, Semi-Automatic Army. The idea was to replace the M1869 Warhawk, M1870 Double-Action Calvary, and M1873 Double-Action Army revolvers with the M1874, but production couldn't keep up with demand until after the war.