Scroll engraved Colt Model 1908 with gold and silver inlays.
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Scroll engraved Colt Model 1908 with gold and silver inlays.
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18th Century brass screw off barrel percussion pistol with interesting head engraving on muzzle.
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Pair of ivory handled folding trigger percussion muff pistols, early to mid 19th century.
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The New North American Arms Sidewinder,
An improvement of the classic NAA Mini Revolver, the Sidewinder has the same dimensions and similar weight of the old design. However, the new Sidewinder comes with a swing out cylinder and ejector rod. With the old Mini Revolver one had to pull out the cylinder pin, remove the cylinder, and punch out the empty casings with the cylinder pin. Now one only has to release the cylinder and punch the pin to eject the casings. Chambered in .22 Magnum but you can buy a conversion kit for .22 Long Rifle.
Suggested Retail Price: $350
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Interesting ivory handled “Le Marveilleux” palm pistol. The barrel is attached to the trigger bar, and the weapon is fired by squeezing the bar, which pulls the barrel back, chambers a round, and then releases the firing pin, with the return extracting the cartridge.
Estimated Value” $1,500 - $2,500
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Extraordinarily decorated French Lefaucheux pinfire pepperbox revolver
Smith and Wesson Safety Hammerless 2 inch model.
Made from 1880’s to the 1940’s, Smith and Wesson produced a five shot break open revolver that lacked an exposed hammer and was chambered for .38 or .32SW. It was nicknamed the lemon squeezer because of its safety on the back of the handle, which had to be squeezed for the pistol to fire. A popular model, the SW Safety Hammerless competed with other hammerless models such ans Harrington and Richardson and Iver Johnson.
When the famous snubby revolver, the Colt Detective became popular in the 1930’s, Smith and Wesson decided it needed to get on the compact revolver bandwagon. In the 1930’s and 1940’s Smith and Wesson created a special model with a 2 inch barrel, making it easier to conceal and carry, and mimicking a proper snub nosed revolver. While close, the lemon squeezer could not compete with the Colt Detective, as it was still considerably larger. In the 1950’s Smith and Wesson would produce a proper snubby revolver with the S&W Model 40.
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1830’s British silver frame percussion pepperbox pistol.
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Royal Irish Constabulary Revolver,
The first double action pistol ever produced by Webley, the RIC revolver was a solid from pistol made specifically for the Royal Irish Constabulary in 1868. They were small and compact, since police of the day tended to carry their pistols in their coat pockets. The RIC revolver was chambered for several different cartridges, including the .450 Adams, .500 Tranter, .410, .442 Webley, and .44 centerfire. The cylinder was loaded via a loading gate on the right hand side of the pistol, and empty cartridges were ejected with an extractor rod. The design was so popular that they continued to be produced, issued, and used for over 30 years. Gen. George Armstrong Custer was known to have owned and used a pair at the Battle of Little Bighorn.
The Smith and Wesson Ladysmith, 1st model,
Made in the early 20th century, the Ladysmith was a scaled down version of the Colt 1892 revolver, made to be easier to handle with the “dainty” ladies of the turn of the century. Like the M1892, it was a double action revolver and had a five shot cylinder. They were chambered in .22 long rifle and .22 WMR. Later Smith and Wesson would make more revolvers with the “Ladysmith” name, however they were snubnosed revolvers chambered for .38 special, .357 magnum, and 9mm.
Beautiful reproduction percussion lock pepperbox revolver, sold for only $400 too.
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Pearl handle, factory engraved sharps four barrel derringer.
Sold At Auction: $4,250
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Silver gripped flintlock pistol made by Claude Niquet, 1720.
Sold At Auction: $5,500
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Plus a lot of history too.
