SPANISH COPY OF MERWIN & HULBERT LATE PRODUCTION SINGLE ACTION ARMY REVOLVER.

SN 41310. Cal. 44 WCF (44-40). Nickel finish with 7″ bbl, integral half moon front sight with V-notch in top strap. Top of bbl has the Merwin & Hulbert address and patent information. Left side of bbl, which is usually marked with the Hopkins & Allen manufacturing information, is marked “—NIT & CHAR MANUFACTURERS OF FIRE ARMS” which is the marking of Basque (Euskaro) firm of Spain. Left side of frame has the usual “CALIBRE / WINCHESTER 1873” marking. Revolver is late style with top strap and conventional fluted cyl and has sliding loading gate in right side of frame. The hammer stud does not protrude on the right side. Grip frame is bird head style with skull cracker butt and is mounted with 2-pc smooth pearl grips matching numbered to this revolver. Left side of front strap, under the grip, is marked with assembly number “4117” which number is found on rear face of bbl lug, cyl & cyl spindle. Merwin & Hulbert were not manufacturers but were inventors, entrepreneurs & firearms importers & distributors. They owned interest in ammunition companies and the Hopkins & Allen Co. along with the Evans Rifle Company. Unfortunately the early revolvers were introduced in a proprietary cartridge which was not readily available in many markets and so the revolvers were not enthusiastically purchased by the buying public. Mr. Merwin died in 1879 and the company went into receivership in 1881. Mr. Merwin had spent three years trying to collect for three shiploads of guns which the Russians never did pay for then a company associate had absconded with all the company funds and the Evans Rifle Co. had gone into bankruptcy which cost Merwin & Hulbert their $100,000 investment. So in spite of the fact that the Merwin & Hulbert revolver was a solid, reliable and easy to operate revolver, they simply faded into history after 1881. PROVENANCE: Tommy Rholes Estate Collection. CONDITION: Extremely fine, all matching including cyl & grips. Overall retains virtually all of its orig factory nickel. Grips are also extremely fine showing great fire and light iridescent colors. Hammer is not solid in safety notch, otherwise mechanics are fine, bright shiny bore. 4-50610 JR347 (3,000-5,000) – Lot 1388

Auction: Firearms - Spring 2014

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
	1388	$4,600.00	SPANISH COPY OF MERWIN & HULBERT LATE PRODUCTION SINGLE ACTION ARMY REVOLVER. SN 41310. Cal. 44 WCF (44-40). Nickel finish with 7″ bbl, integral half moon front sight with V-notch in top strap. Top of bbl has the Merwin & Hulbert address and patent information. Left side of bbl, which is usually marked with the Hopkins & Allen manufacturing information, is marked “—NIT & CHAR MANUFACTURERS OF FIRE ARMS” which is the marking of Basque (Euskaro) firm of Spain. Left side of frame has the usual “CALIBRE / WINCHESTER 1873” marking. Revolver is late style with top strap and conventional fluted cyl and has sliding loading gate in right side of frame. The hammer stud does not protrude on the right side. Grip frame is bird head style with skull cracker butt and is mounted with 2-pc smooth pearl grips matching numbered to this revolver. Left side of front strap, under the grip, is marked with assembly number “4117” which number is found on rear face of bbl lug, cyl & cyl spindle. Merwin & Hulbert were not manufacturers but were inventors, entrepreneurs & firearms importers & distributors. They owned interest in ammunition companies and the Hopkins & Allen Co. along with the Evans Rifle Company. Unfortunately the early revolvers were introduced in a proprietary cartridge which was not readily available in many markets and so the revolvers were not enthusiastically purchased by the buying public. Mr. Merwin died in 1879 and the company went into receivership in 1881. Mr. Merwin had spent three years trying to collect for three shiploads of guns which the Russians never did pay for then a company associate had absconded with all the company funds and the Evans Rifle Co. had gone into bankruptcy which cost Merwin & Hulbert their $100,000 investment. So in spite of the fact that the Merwin & Hulbert revolver was a solid, reliable and easy to operate revolver, they simply faded into history after 1881. PROVENANCE: Tommy Rholes Estate Collection. CONDITION: Extremely fine, all matching including cyl & grips. Overall retains virtually all of its orig factory nickel. Grips are also extremely fine showing great fire and light iridescent colors. Hammer is not solid in safety notch, otherwise mechanics are fine, bright shiny bore. 4-50610 JR347 (3,000-5,000) – Lot 1388 Auction: Firearms - Spring 2014 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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SPANISH COPY OF MERWIN & HULBERT LATE PRODUCTION SINGLE ACTION ARMY REVOLVER.