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NO. 8958 R, CIRCA 1855
Details
A CASED 54-BORE ADAMS 1851 MODEL FIVE-SHOT SELF-COCKING PERCUSSION REVOLVER
No. 8958 R, circa 1855
With blued octagonal sighted barrel, the top-strap engraved 'Deane Adams & Deane. 30. King William St.t. London Bridge', case-hardened cylinder with an engraved band at the front, scroll engraved blued frame with blued safety-stop, arbor pin and arbor pin catch, scroll engraved blued trigger-guard, chequered walnut butt, engraved pommel with hinged butt-trap cover, and much original finish: in lined and fitted oak case with accessories including correct brass bullet mould No. 2778, and Dixon powder-flask, London proof marks
11½in. (29.2cm.)
No. 8958 R, circa 1855
With blued octagonal sighted barrel, the top-strap engraved 'Deane Adams & Deane. 30. King William St.
11½in. (29.2cm.)
Literature
Claude Blair, Pistols of the World, no. 640
Special notice
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