Sealed Bid Auction - September 2019 : Sale S0919 Lot 2023
EX SMALL ARMS SCHOOL COLLECTION A .41 RIMFIRE TRANSITIONAL HAMMERLESS REVOLVER FOR RENOVATION SIGNED HARVEYS PATENT, serial no. 3...

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EX SMALL ARMS SCHOOL COLLECTION
A .41 RIMFIRE TRANSITIONAL HAMMERLESS REVOLVER FOR RENOVATION SIGNED 'HARVEY'S PATENT', serial no. 3644,
collection reference 3388, circa 1860 with later conversion to rimfire (possibly originally dual ignition with spare percussion cylinder), octagonal 5 1/2in. barrel, the top-flat signed 'HARVEYS PATENT No. 3644', small bead fore-sight, dove-tailed standing notch rear-sight, missing articulated rammer, barrel fixed via a wedge, plain cylinder, missing bottom-strap, border and scroll engraved radiused boxlock hammerless action missing sliding safe from the left hand face and modified internal hammer-nose, finely chequered saw-handled bag-shaped grip and guarded self-cocking trigger, further small losses possible, traces of original finish

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Estimate £250-350

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