Product Details
* UHLINGER, USA
A .32 RIMFIRE SINGLE-ACTION REVOLVER SIGNED 'W.L. GRANT', serial no. 1648,
circa 1861-62, with 5in. octagonal barrel, the top flat marked 'W.L. GRANT' bead fore-sight, sighting groove to the top-strap, one-piece iron frame with hinged loading gate, plain cylinder, sheath trigger, flared walnut grips and sprung ejector rod stored beneath barrel
Other Notes: Uhlinger was one manufacturer who managed to escape prosecution whilst the Rollin White 'through bored cylinder' patent was still valid. 'Uhlinger' came up with the clever ploy of changing the name of his product, basically to keep S&W (who owned the Rollin White patent) guessing as to who had produced it. Outwardly similar to the S&W revolver of the time, Uhlinger revolvers were sold under the name 'D.D. Cone' (a patent attorney from Washington!), 'W.L. Grant' (a dry goods store in New Jersey), 'J.P. Lower' (a store clerk of a large Philadelphia arms dealer) and even on a few occasions under his own name, as a result always staying one step ahead of S&W's lawyers. Ironically, his business was to fold as soon as the patent expired, there was then simply too much competition.
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Estimate £300-500