Fine Modern & Antique Guns - March 2017 : Sale A0317 Lot 863
MASSACHUSETTS ARMS CO., A SCARCE .28 TAPE-PRIMED POCKET REVOLVER, MODEL MAYNARD PRIMED, serial no. 507,

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* MASSACHUSETTS ARMS CO.,

A SCARCE .28 TAPE-PRIMED POCKET REVOLVER, MODEL 'MAYNARD PRIMED', serial no. 507,
circa 1858, with round tip-up 3in. barrel, the top-strap signed 'MASS. ARMS CO. CHICOPEE FALLS', bead fore-sight, swinging latch at breech, chamfered front to cylinder, coarsely engraved iron frame, the right side with sliding plate concealing tape-primer the lid marked with 'MAYNARD'S PATENT SEPT 22 1845', the backstrap with 'PATENT JAN 2 1855' (partially obscured), two-piece walnut grip and guarded trigger

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Estimate £300-500