Fine Modern & Antique Arms - March 2024 : Sale A0324 Lot 811
A RARE 7mm PINFIRE PLIERS PATENT POCKET REVOLVER, serial no. 638,

Product Details

A RARE 7mm PINFIRE PLIERS PATENT POCKET REVOLVER, serial no. 638,
circa 1860, with 3 3/4in. octagonal to round barrel, blade fore-sight, the right side of barrel throat signed 'A. PLIERS BREVETE', hinged locking device secured via a thumb-wheel screw to barrel mount, borderline and scroll engraved open iron frame, engraved plain six-shot cylinder tensioned via a flat-spring to the front and indexed via a castellated detachable back-plate, one castellation serving as a safety position, chequered walnut strongly flaring grips with carved heads and double action mechanism with guarded trigger



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Estimate £200-300

Sold as an exempt item under Section 58 (2) of the 1968 Firearms Act, to be held as a curiosity or ornament