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Whitney Pocket Revolver
Guns International #: 101278946 Seller's Inventory #:
Category: Antique Revolvers - Cartridge - Whitney Revolvers
Seller's Information
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Seller: Brent Wilburn
Company: Antique Arms, Inc.
Member Since: 11/19/15
First Name: Brent
Last Name: Wilburn
State: Georgia
Zip: 30052
Country: United States
Phone: (678) 471-1432
Phone2: (678) 471-1432
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Number of Active Listings: 42
Total Number of Listings: 580
Seller: Private Seller
Return Policy: 3 day inspection and return policy on used guns.
Payment Types Accepted: Money Order, Certified Check
Description:
This is a nice Whitney No. 1 Size Pocket Revolver that has survived better than 140 years in Excellent condition. According to Flayderman's Guide, these were made in several calibers and at least 2 frame sizes. This one is the smaller size in .22 short with a fluted 7 shot cylinder that was made to compete with the Smith and Wesson No. 1 2nd and 3rd Issue Revolvers. This Whitney is actually almost a hybrid of both the 2nd and 3rd Issues as it has a blued and silver plated finish along with an octagon barrel like the 2nd Issue from the 1860's and the fluted cylinder and rounded birdshead grips of the 3rd Issue. It even has an almost identical sideplate as the 2nd and 3rd Issues with the main difference being a solid brass frame instead of the S&W tip-up design. The top of the barrel is stamped WHITNEYVILLE ARMORY CT. U.S.A. Overall Condition is NRA Antique Excellent with 95% of its Original Highly Polished Charcoal Blue on the barrel with 85% remaining on the cylinder. The brass frame retains 90% of its original silver plating which has tarnished to black in protected areas and worn a bit thin around some of the edges and along the gripstraps. One of the reasons I rarely buy these Whitneys is because so few of them have any silver remaining. When these were new, I suspect Whitney did not have these frames plated very heavily with silver; probably just a thin coating to keep costs down as most of the ones we see today will often have quite a bit of original blue remaining and a frame that has worn to bare brass. That said, this one has survived pretty well to have as much silver as it does. In fact, the hammer has nearly all of its case color hardening and the spur trigger has nearly all of its original bright and fragile fire blue. For the face of a trigger to show that much blue, it couldn't have been used much. The walnut grips are still a nice light butternut colored straight-grain Walnut with 98% original varnish. No chips or cracks. The action works nicely...indexes, locks, has both half and full cock notches. The bore is still bright with nice rifling and a few light pits. Very Good overall which isn't bad for a .22 in the black powder era. Screws are very good. Nice edges and sharp markings. If you're looking to add a high condition pocket revolver from the late 19th century to your collection, these Whitneys are a lot of gun for the money. The Whitneyville Armory goes back to the late 18th Century spanning 90 years when the company was founded by the famous Eli Whitney and then carried on to 1890 by Eli Whitney, Jr. Of course, Whitneyville was where Sam Colt who had left the gun business turned to have his famous 1847 Walker Colt manufactured. The town of New Haven, CT literally grew up around the Whitney plant and some of their factory floor space was rented to an enterprising shirtmaker named Oliver Winchester for production of the Volcanic Pistols; the forerunner to the Henry Rifle and the Winchester Lever Action. Whitney was actually around well before Remington and Colt which we now think of as the two oldest surviving manufacturers today. At the time this revolver was manufactured in the 1870's, I believe Whitneyville was the oldest privately run armory in the United States and as old as the National Armory at Springfield.
SOLD
Antique: Yes
Manufacturer: Whitney
Model: No. 1 Pocket Revolver
Caliber Info: .22 Short
Manufacture Date: Circa 1873