Dutch Navy Beaumont-Adams Revolver by Auguste Francotte
Guns International #: 100630287 Seller's Inventory #: 29646
Category: Antique Revolvers - Percussion - Military Revolvers - Antique
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Seller: Joe Salter com
Company: Down East Antiques - Joe Salter
Member Since: 9/10/10
First Name: Garrick-March-Jim-Joe
Last Name: Salter
State: New Hampshire
Zip: 03031
Country: United States
Phone: (603) 732-4000
Fax: (603) 732-4200
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About Us: Joe Salter has been in the Antique and Collector Weapons business for 60 years as both a collector and dealer. Our company is based in Southern New Hampshire and we have had an internet based store front for the past 20 years. We are federally licensed and deal in all types of firearms and related material. We offer free Shipping for orders over $500.
Description:
NSN (Service #94), .44 Caliber, 6” octagon barrel with a fine, bright bore that has some spots of freckling within the grooves. This revolver was built under license in Belgium for the Dutch Navy and retains 80-85% of a typical Dutch East Indies arsenal re-blued finish with the balance of the metal having the numerous small impact marks so often found on colonial service guns, as well as gray fading and silvering along the exposed edges and projections. The frame has the “(crown)/AF” mark of Auguste Francotte on both the frame and cylinder with a Dutch service marking at the very front of the frame: “DH/94”. The cylinder, which has a broken nipple, has correct “AF” markings and Liege proofs, with a non-matching Dutch service number on the rear of the cylinder (“28”). The “AF” marked loading lever is a bit loose since the retention flange on the barrel has worn through use. The rounded butt walnut grip has numerous small handling marks and small blemishes along the oil finished wood and has a curious stamping inside the inletting: “IIIV++”. The mechanism is functional in single-action, however the trigger only advances the cylinder when used in double-action. These revolvers have a very low survival rate and are a great memento of Holland's colonial past. This example rates very good condition overall. {Ref. “Nederlandse Vuurwapens – Landmacht, Marine en koloniale troepen 1866-1895” by B.J. Martens & G. de Vries; 2000} Antiqu
SOLD
Antique: Yes
Manufacturer: Dutch
Model: Navy
Caliber Info: .44 Cal
Gauge Info: .44 Cal