Antique Guns and Equipment
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**RARE**ONE OF ONLY 1,000**American Wild West 1869-1872 Transitional Hopkins & Allen “DICTATOR” / 3rd Model Thomas Bacon Percussion Pocket Pistol Period Converted To .36 Rim Fire Obsolete Calibre 5 Shot Revolver. Sn 22643:17 - 22643:17 This is an original Hopkins & Allen “DICTATOR” Percussion Pocket Revolver, made circa 1869-72 and period converted to side port loading 5 shot .36 Rim Fire UK obsolete calibre. Only 1,000 of these percussion pistols were manufactured. This was actually a successor to Thomas Bacon’s Pocket Revolver, having a few changes, but mainly rebranded as the “DICTATOR” after Bacon’s operation was acquired by Hopkins & Allen. Like other revolvers of this size, it was meant to serve as a concealable self-defence revolver. These rare revolvers are also classified as a “3rd Model Bacon” Pocket Model revolver as it was made by Hopkins and Allen after they took over the Bacon firm in 1867. This is a hard revolver to find in any condition. The overall condition of our example is good with original blue finish faded to grey in areas. The cylinder has very faint Hunting Dog, American Eagle with arrows and other indistinct scene panels cylinder scene panels. The top of the 4” barrel is very faintly marked ‘Dictator’. The single action firing mechanism works as it should. The barrel’s rifled bore is clean. The butt of the grip frame is numbered 1502. The number is repeated on the underside of the barrel. The Walnut grips are undamaged with just light bumps and bruises consistent with age. The pistol has a brass pin foresight and the rear sight consists of a ‘v’ notch on the hammer as found on Colt revolvers. The pistol has its original captive loading lever from before conversion when it has a percussion pistol. The price for this rare transitional pistol includes UK delivery. NB As an antique obsolete calibre rim fire revolver, no licence is required to own this item in the UK if retained as part of a collection or display. Sn 22643:17 (drawers office) £1,245.00 |
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**MATCHING NUMBERS**American Civil War Era Manhattan Arms Manufacturing Co (Colt M1851 Navy) 1864 Patent .36 Naval Calibre, Single Action Cap & Ball Percussion Revolver. Sn 22643:15 - 22643:15 The Manhattan Arms Manufacturing Co. was founded in New Jersey U.S.A. When Colt's Patents for revolving firearms expired in 1857 Manhattan began Manufacturing Colt Patent expired weapons including the iconic Colt Navy Revolver. Production continued until C1873. Many of their weapons were used during the American Civil War. This is an excellent, original, 1864 Patent 6 1/2" barrel version of the Manhattan (Colt M 1851 Navy) .36 Naval Calibre, 6 shot percussion revolver with captive drop down loading lever. The barrel’s rifled bore is clean. The metal work has even patina with original blue finish and traces of original factory nickel plating to the brass grip frame. The top of the barrel is signed ‘Manhattan Fire Arms Co Newark Patented March 8 1864'. The cylinder has very faint original etched cylinder scene panels featuring, River Steam Boat and other Civil War Battle Scenes. The pistol's steel frame, barrel block, butt of the brass grip frame & trigger guard assembly are stamped with matching serial numbers '5553'. The pistol has a small brass blade fore sight and ‘v’ notch hammer rear sight. It has its original American Walnut grip which has just light bumps and bruises consistent with age. The pistol's loading and single action firing mechanisms work crisply. The price includes UK delivery. NB As an antique cap and ball revolver, no licence is required to own this item in the UK if retained as part of a collection or display. Sn 22643:15 £1,345.00 |
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**RARE & DESIRABLE 6 INCH BARREL VARIANT**ALL MATCHING NUMBERS**MINT BORE**1867 Colt Pocket Model of 1849 (Model 1851 Navy) .31 Calibre, Cap And Ball, 5 Shot, Single Action, Revolver With 6” Octagonal Barrel. Sn 22643:12 - 22643:12 The family of Colt Pocket Percussion Revolvers evolved from the iconic 1860 Army and 1851 Navy Revolvers and were produced between 1849 and 1872. This original U.S. Colt .31 Calibre Cap and Ball, 5 shot Pocket Model of 1849 Revolver (1851 Navy) is in original condition with even patina throughout. It has a steel trigger guard and grip frame. The pistol has the correct brass pin fore sight and notched hammer rear sight. It has an undamaged American Walnut grip. The left side of its frame is stamped 'Colts Patent' and the grip frame faint ‘.31 Cal’. The top of the 6" octagonal barrel is correctly marked ' Address Col Saml Colt New York US America’ (6” barrel variants are more scarce and desirable than 4” barrel variants). The barrel’s bore is near mint clean & bright with well defined rifling. It has all matching serial numbers '296922L / 6922' stamped on its frame, barrel, trigger guard, cylinder and butt which dates it’s manufacture to 1867 (The L indicates the pistol made in America was finished at colt’s London factory). The cylinder is marked 'Colt's Patent’ & has faint ‘Stage Coach hold Up Scene’. The frame and cylinder have English black powder proofs indicating the pistol was made for the British market. The weapon's single action firing mechanism and captive steel ‘lever’ ram rod work as they should. The price for this historic Colt percussion revolver includes UK delivery. NB As an antique cap and ball revolver, no licence is required to own this item in the UK if retained as part of a collection or display. Sn 22643:12 (drawers office) £1,325.00 |
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**ONE OF THE EARLIEST SWING OUT CYLINDER PISTOLS**MINT BORE**American Civil War Era, Bacon Mfg Co, Hopkins 1862 Patent .32 Rim Fire Obsolete Calibre, 6 Shot, Single Action Revolver With Swing Out Cylinder & Under Barrel Removable Ejector Rod. Sn 22643:11 - 22643:11 Thomas K Bacon originally worked for the American Manhattan Firearms Company before leaving C1859 to set up his own business Bacon Mfg Co, Norwich Connecticut (Conn). In 1862 another Norwich Conn gunmaker and inventor C.W. Hopkins patented one of the earliest revolvers with swing out cylinders. These revolvers were made by Bacon under Hopkins’ patent. This is an excellent, original 4” octagonal barrel .32 RF obsolete calibre, 6 shot percussion revolver by Bacon with Hopkins’ innovative early swing out cylinder system. The metal work has even patina throughout with foliate engraved decoration to both sides of the action. The top of the barrel is marked ‘Bacon Mfg Co, Norwich Conn’ and the left side ‘C.W Hopkins Patented May 27 1862’. The underside of the 4” octagonal barrel is numbered ‘144’. The barrel’s bore is near mint clean & bright with well defined rifling. It has undamaged Walnut grips, sheathed concealed trigger, blade fore sight, grooved cylinder frame rear sight and spur hammer. Its single action firing mechanism works crisply. The cylinder swings out for loading when a knurled lever on the front of the cylinder frame is depressed. Underneath the barrel is a spring loaded removable steel ejector rod. The price for this pistol, one of the earliest with swing out cylinder includes UK delivery. NB. As an antique percussion revolver no licence is required to own this weapon in the UK if retained as part of a collection or display. Sn 22643:11 (drawers office) £1,250.00 |
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**MINT BORE**American Civil War Era, Smith & Wesson Transitional Model 1 ½ 'Tip Up' Barrel .32 Rim Fire Obsolete Calibre 5 Shot Revolver. Sn 22643:9 - 22643:9 The American Civil War created a large demand for handguns of all shapes and sizes. S&W had been successfully producing their Model 1 Pocket Revolvers and Their Model 2 belt revolver. There was however a demand for a pocket revolver in a larger calibre than their Model 1 .22 Calibre pistol. To cater for the demand S&W introduced their Model 1 ½. This pistol referred to as the 'Transitional Model ½’ was made using some parts taken from the production line of their Model 1 and Model 2 revolvers. This is an excellent original example of the Smith & Wesson Transitional Model 1 ½ 'Tip Up' Barrel 5 shot Revolver in .32 Rim Fire Calibre. This is an original Smith & Wesson Model 1 ½ five shot Revolver in .32 Rim Fire Calibre. It has original undamaged rose wood grips in excellent condition & original blue finish to the metal work aged to a nice plum colour in areas. The butt of the grip frame is stamped with number '22301'. The cylinder, frame under the left grip and barrel have matching numbers ‘49’. It has a sheathed trigger and the top of its 3 ½” barrel is marked with Smith & Wesson Springfield Mass together with 1859-1865 patent detail (illustrated). The barrel's rifled bore is near mint clean and bright with well defined rifling. The barrel's ‘tip up’ action is operated by a ‘push up’ catch at the bottom of the barrel block and the pistol’s barrel rib is fitted with a small brass blade fore sight. The rear sight consists of a groove in the knurled hammer spur. The pistol measures 8” overall and its single action firing mechanism works crisply. The price for this American Civil War era pistol includes UK delivery. NB As an obsolete calibre antique revolver no licence is required to own this item in the UK if retained as part of a collection or display. Sn 22643:9 (drawers 0ffice) £795.00 |
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**RARE**NUMBER 4574 OF ONE OF ONLY APPROX 6000**ALL MATCHING NUMBERS INCLUDING CYLINDER**C1864 Metropolitan Arms Co New York USA (Colt M1851 Navy) .36 Naval Calibre, 6 Shot Single Action Cap & Ball Percussion Revolver. Sn 22643:7 - 22643:7 In the past, little was definitively known about the Metropolitan Arms Company of New York but is has long been hypothesized by arms historians that the firm was established to take advantage of the massive fire that took place at the Colt Patent Firearms factory in February of 1864. With Colt’s production capacity severely curtailed, there was a perceived opening in the civilian percussion revolver market. It has been further hypothesized that New York gunmaker Orison Blunt was behind the company and relied on the Metropolitan Arms Company to continue production. The impetus for the establishment of the Metropolitan Arms Company was the Colt fire. In fact, the five-person consortium of gunmakers and investors who intended to take immediate advantage of the situation were in business only three weeks after the fire and included the well-known New York gunmakers William J and Samuel R Syms. The pair had previously been in business with Orison Blunt as Blunt & Syms and it is quite likely that Blunt was also involved with the group, although he was not officially listed as “partner”. This is further supported by the fact that the Metropolitan Arms Company took up residence in a building owned by Blunt. The other partners were John S McChesney, John J Serrel and Charles B Hart. The newly established Metropolitan Arms Company stepped into the void left by the Colt fire by bringing three models to market, all of which were essentially near copies and same quality as current production Colt products. The primary product was a copy of the Colt Model 1851 Navy Revolver. The secondary product was a copy of the Colt Model 1862 Police Revolver, and the final product was a variation on the Model 1851, which essentially a copy of the Colt Model 1861 Navy Revolver. None of the guns were produced in great numbers and the Model 1851 type revolver is scarce gun on the collector market today. Between the formation of the company in 1864 and when they went out of business circa 1867 it is estimated that a total of 8,900 revolvers were produced. Of these roughly 6,100 were of the “1851 Navy” pattern, about 2,750 of the “1862 Police” pattern and about 50 were of the extremely rare “1861 Navy” pattern. Interestingly all were .36 calibre guns, and no other calibres were produced. The demise of the company has been hypothesized as being the result of the metallic cartridge, which made percussion arms obsolete. This is a very good rare to find 7 ½” barrel version of the Manhattan (Colt Navy M 1851) .36 Naval Calibre, 6 shot percussion revolver with captive drop down loading lever. The barrel’s bore has just light staining consistent with age and use and has well defined rifling. The metal work is undamaged, has even patina with original blue finish faded to grey in areas and some light holster wear. It has a brass grip frame. The top of the barrel is signed ‘Metropolitan Arms Co New York'. The cylinder has faint original etched Naval engagement scene as found on Colt Navy revolvers. The pistol's steel frame, barrel block, butt of the brass grip frame, trigger guard assembly and cylinder have all matching numbers ‘4574’ of approx. only 6000. The pistol has a small brass blade fore sight and ‘v’ notch hammer rear sight. It has its original undamaged American Walnut grip in excellent condition. The pistol's loading and single action firing mechanisms work crisply. The price for this rare Civil War Era pistol includes UK delivery. NB As an antique cap and ball revolver, no licence is required to own this item in the UK if retained as part of a collection or display. Sn 22643:7 £2,750.00 |
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