VERY RARE WALCH 12-SHOT NAVY PERCUSSION REVOLVER.

VERY RARE WALCH 12-SHOT NAVY PERCUSSION REVOLVER. SN NSN. Cal. 36. Blue finish with 6″ oct bbl, dovetail front sight and rear sight in the left hammer nose. Top of bbl is hand engraved “R. STAHL & CO = NW=YORK”. No other markings or SNs were observed anywhere on the revolver or grips. It has a square butt grip frame and is mounted with smooth 2-pc walnut grips. Frame, bbl & rammer pivot are lightly engraved in foliate arabesque patterns with engraved screw heads. This is one of America’s most unusual revolver inventions wherein the 6-chambered cyl is loaded with two superposed loads. The rear of the cyl has two concentric rows of nipples and it has two side-by-side hammers. When the revolver is to be fired both hammers are cocked and with the first pull of the trigger the right hammer falls firing the forward load in that chamber and the second pull of the trigger fires the rear load. According to Flayderman’s Guide to Antique American Firearms only about 200 of these rare revolvers were produced in the late 1850s to early 1860s. very few are known today. PROVENANCE: Dick Littlefield (1980’s); Robert Howard Estate Collection. CONDITION: Fine to very fine. Bbl retains 92-94% glossy blue that may be an old restoration. Rammer handle retains silvered case colors; frame & grip frame retain traces of blue, being mostly a gray metal patina; grips have a hairline in right side, otherwise they are sound and retain about all of a restored varnish finish. Mechanics are fine, bright shiny bore. 4-45319 JR114 (6,000-10,000)

Auction: Firearms - Spring 2012

Please Note: All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

Image	Lot	Price	Description
	1667	$36,800.00	VERY RARE WALCH 12-SHOT NAVY PERCUSSION REVOLVER. SN NSN. Cal. 36. Blue finish with 6″ oct bbl, dovetail front sight and rear sight in the left hammer nose. Top of bbl is hand engraved “R. STAHL & CO = NW=YORK”. No other markings or SNs were observed anywhere on the revolver or grips. It has a square butt grip frame and is mounted with smooth 2-pc walnut grips. Frame, bbl & rammer pivot are lightly engraved in foliate arabesque patterns with engraved screw heads. This is one of America’s most unusual revolver inventions wherein the 6-chambered cyl is loaded with two superposed loads. The rear of the cyl has two concentric rows of nipples and it has two side-by-side hammers. When the revolver is to be fired both hammers are cocked and with the first pull of the trigger the right hammer falls firing the forward load in that chamber and the second pull of the trigger fires the rear load. According to Flayderman’s Guide to Antique American Firearms only about 200 of these rare revolvers were produced in the late 1850s to early 1860s. very few are known today. PROVENANCE: Dick Littlefield (1980’s); Robert Howard Estate Collection. CONDITION: Fine to very fine. Bbl retains 92-94% glossy blue that may be an old restoration. Rammer handle retains silvered case colors; frame & grip frame retain traces of blue, being mostly a gray metal patina; grips have a hairline in right side, otherwise they are sound and retain about all of a restored varnish finish. Mechanics are fine, bright shiny bore. 4-45319 JR114 (6,000-10,000) Auction: Firearms - Spring 2012 Please Note: All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

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