Product Details
A TRANTER-PATENT .476 / .450 OR .455 CALIBRE 'MODEL 1879' SIX-SHOT DOUBLE-ACTION REVOLVER RETAILED BY HAWKES & CO., serial no. 4959,
6in. octagonal sighted barrel signed 'HAWKES & CO. 14. PICCADILLY. LONDON. W.', and engraved with 'A-L XX-II', borderline frame engraved with floral petals around hammer pin on both sides and floral petals on the stirrup lever, Tranter patent stamp, rebounding hammer and release catch forward of trigger-guard, breech release lever on left side of frame, chequered walnut grips with steel butt cap and lanyard ring, Birmingham proof marks
Estimate £700-900
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