VERY RARE FACTORY ENGRAVED GOLD & NICKEL MERWIN & HULBERT DOUBLE ACTION POCKET ARMY REVOLVER 2-BARREL SET.

VERY RARE FACTORY ENGRAVED GOLD & NICKEL MERWIN & HULBERT DOUBLE ACTION POCKET ARMY REVOLVER 2-BARREL SET. SN 7367. Cal. 44 WCF (44-40). Nickel finish with 7″ and 3-5/16″ rnd bbls with integral front sights. It has a bird head grip frame with skull cracker and lanyard hole and is mounted with 2-pc checkered hard rubber grips. Cyl is gold plated. Frame & bbls are factory engraved in their sparse style of leaves & vines with two panels on left side showing a very nicely detailed bird in flight and a butterfly. Right side has a geometric pattern. Cyl is engraved to match frame with geometric & flower patterns. Revolver is later type with top strap and cyl with conventional flutes. Left side of front strap under the grip is marked with assembly number “5487” which is also found on rear face of cyl, and rear face of both bbl lugs and inside the right grip. According to Flayderman’s Guide to Antique American Firearms only about 9,000 of these Pocket Army revolvers were produced in the 1880s in three different models, one of which is dbl action. These revolvers, although in several ways superior to both Colt & Remington large bore revolvers, were not well distributed and therefore could not compete. They were initially sold in proprietary Merwin & Hulbert caliber which was not readily available which further hindered their sales. Merwin & Hulbert were not manufacturers but were entrepreneurs and distributors who obtained patents and had the product manufactured for their distribution. CONDITION: Very fine. Frame & bbls retain most of their strong orig nickel with slight muzzle edge wear and minor flaking around top edge of front sight with a little flaking on top strap. Skull cracker of grip frame is also lightly flaked. Hammer & trigger guard retain faded case colors turned gray on trigger bow. Grips are sound showing light wear and turned a little chocolate. Mechanics are fine, strong bright bores with scattered pitting. 4-46998 JR388 (7,500-12,500)

Auction: Firearms - Fall 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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	2210	$9,200.00	VERY RARE FACTORY ENGRAVED GOLD & NICKEL MERWIN & HULBERT DOUBLE ACTION POCKET ARMY REVOLVER 2-BARREL SET. SN 7367. Cal. 44 WCF (44-40). Nickel finish with 7″ and 3-5/16″ rnd bbls with integral front sights. It has a bird head grip frame with skull cracker and lanyard hole and is mounted with 2-pc checkered hard rubber grips. Cyl is gold plated. Frame & bbls are factory engraved in their sparse style of leaves & vines with two panels on left side showing a very nicely detailed bird in flight and a butterfly. Right side has a geometric pattern. Cyl is engraved to match frame with geometric & flower patterns. Revolver is later type with top strap and cyl with conventional flutes. Left side of front strap under the grip is marked with assembly number “5487” which is also found on rear face of cyl, and rear face of both bbl lugs and inside the right grip. According to Flayderman’s Guide to Antique American Firearms only about 9,000 of these Pocket Army revolvers were produced in the 1880s in three different models, one of which is dbl action. These revolvers, although in several ways superior to both Colt & Remington large bore revolvers, were not well distributed and therefore could not compete. They were initially sold in proprietary Merwin & Hulbert caliber which was not readily available which further hindered their sales. Merwin & Hulbert were not manufacturers but were entrepreneurs and distributors who obtained patents and had the product manufactured for their distribution. CONDITION: Very fine. Frame & bbls retain most of their strong orig nickel with slight muzzle edge wear and minor flaking around top edge of front sight with a little flaking on top strap. Skull cracker of grip frame is also lightly flaked. Hammer & trigger guard retain faded case colors turned gray on trigger bow. Grips are sound showing light wear and turned a little chocolate. Mechanics are fine, strong bright bores with scattered pitting. 4-46998 JR388 (7,500-12,500) Auction: Firearms - Fall 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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