Fine Modern & Antique Guns - December 2018 : Sale A1218 Lot 653
MERWIN & BRAY, USA A .430 (C/F) SINGLE-ACTION REVOLVER, MODEL PLANTS PATENT ARMY CENTRAL FIRE CONVERSION, serial no. 2228

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MERWIN & BRAY, USA
A .430 (C/F) SINGLE-ACTION REVOLVER, MODEL 'PLANT'S PATENT ARMY CENTRAL FIRE CONVERSION', serial no. 2228
circa 1865 with later conversion and originally supplied with an additional front-loading lip-fire cylinder, with octagonal 5 7/8in. barrel, raised sighting rib signed 'PLANT MFG CO NEW HAVEN CT', the left hand side marked 'MERWIN & BRAY NEW YORK', applied white-metal blade fore-sight, sighting-groove to the top-strap, bronze frame with central hammer and spur trigger (return spring at fault), bolt-action ejector mounted to right of frame behind the plain iron cylinder and smooth walnut grips (left cracked)

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Estimate £300-500
(USD 389-648)
(EUR 333-555)


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