There was a few attempts in the mid 1800s, but they had a sliiiiiight tendency to ignite all of its ammunition at once and injure the user, known as “chain firing”. The ammunition at the time used paper cartridges which could leak gunpowder on the cylinder. By the time metal cartridges started becoming popular in the 1870s, more practical repeating firearms such as lever-action had already made revolver rifles obsolete.
There was a few attempts in the mid 1800s, but they had a sliiiiiight tendency to ignite all of its ammunition at once and injure the user, known as “chain firing”. The ammunition at the time used paper cartridges which could leak gunpowder on the cylinder. By the time metal cartridges started becoming popular in the 1870s, more practical repeating firearms such as lever-action had already made revolver rifles obsolete.