Product Details
A .44 (RIMFIRE) FRANK WESSON TWO-TRIGGER (2nd TYPE) SINGLE-SHOT CARBINE, CIRCA 1870, serial no. 8499,
with 24in. octagonal barrel, top flat stamped 'FRANK WESSON, WORCESTER MASS / PAT'D OCT. 25TH 1859 AND NOV. 11, 1862', walnut butt with crescent buttplate
Other Notes: This dropping barrel action is unlocked by the front trigger when the hammer is at half cock, then fired by the rearmost trigger. This example is a second model of which 5000 were made circa 1864 to 1875
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Estimate £300-500
Sold as an exempt item under Section 58 (2) of the 1968 Firearms Act, to be held as a curiosity or ornament