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Category - Antique Pistols - Cartridge - Handguns - American Revolvers

Category
Antique Pistols - Cartridge
Handguns - American Revolvers

plant mfg co /merwin & bray .42 cup primed

Description:
5 3/8  inch  barrel  /  some  pitting  in  bore  //  works  fine  in  dry  fire// 20% original  silver  plate on  brass  frame /   cracked  grips  this  is  common  for  these  grips which  crack  if  screw  is  to  tight / about  the  size  of  a  colt  lightning  // $49  sh /  new  haven ct  worn  off  on top  of  barrel /  serial  #  4854/  firing  pin  looks  very  good / i  understand  percussion  cylinder  can  be  found 
In the mid 1860s the patent for bored through cylinders was held by Smith & Wesson.
Plant front-loading army revolver. .42 caliber six-shot revolver firing a cup-primed cartridge, but also made to allow substitution of a cylinder for percussion cartridges. Like many revolvers firing self-contained ammunition, the maker was trying to avoid infringing on patents for bored-through cylinders held by Smith and Wesson. Plant made about 8,000 of them in different models during the mid-1860s.
Plant’s Mfg. Co Front-Loading Army Revolver 3rd Model: 6-shot, 42 caliber cup-primed cartridge. Barrel is marked “Plant’s Mfg Co New Haven CT.” on the top of the 6 inch” octagonal barrel. Serial number 2811 can be seen on the bottom of the grip strap and the cylinder is faintly marked “Patented July 12, 1859 and July 21, 1863”.
Marked Merwin & Bray on the left side of the barrel.

Patent information faintly stamped on the cylinder.
"Plant's Mfg. Co. New Haven CT" barrel marking on the sight rib and Merwin and Bray agent markings on the left flat of the octagon barrel.

Antique: Yes
Manufacturer: plant/ merwin & bray
Model: no 3

Price: $1,195.00