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SCARCE Antique WHITNEY .22 Model No. 1 REVOLVER
Guns International #: 101281102 Seller's Inventory #: 190477
Category: Whitney Revolvers - Antique Revolvers - Cartridge
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Seller: AncestryGunsLLC
Company: Ancestry Guns LLC
Member Since: 11/3/16
State: Missouri
Zip: 65203
Country: United States
Phone: (314) 707-7373
International Phone: 314-707-7373
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Seller: FFL Dealer
Return Policy: 3 day inspection and return policy on used guns.
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Description:
SCARCE Antique WHITNEY .22 Model No. 1 REVOLVER
1 of Just 3500 Manufactured at the Whitneyville Armory!
Here we present an antique Whitney Model No. 1 Revolver, made circa the 1870s in New Haven, Connecticut. Around 3,500 of these revolvers are estimated to have been manufactured Eli Whitney Jr.’s Whitneyville Armory in the 1870s. This example is a standard No. 1 revolver with a short fluted cylinder. The top of the barrel is marked "WHITNEYVILLE ARMORY CT. U.S.A. PAT. MAY. 23. 1871”
Eli Whitney Sr. established his Whitneyville Armory in1798 and produced firearms (among other things) by contract for the young U.S. government. Just prior to this, in 1793, Whitney invented the mechanical cotton gin, which dramatically changed the economic landscape in the U.S., namely in the South. While his invention was a labor-saving device, making the processing of harvested cotton extremely efficient and requiring fewer laborers, his machine caused the market for cotton to explode and more laborers were needed to plant, grow and harvest the crop. This resulted in a corresponding boom in the Southern slave trade. Great fortunes were created, and the population of the South became such that one in three Southerners were slaves. All this provided the fuel that would become the raze that was the American Civil War.
Eli Whitney died in 1825, and his son, Eli Whitney Jr., began running the family business in 1841. Whitney Jr. seized the opportunity in 1847 to manufacture 1,000 of Samuel Colt’s latest revolver the Colt Walker revolver. Production of this revolver helped both parties immensely as it kept Colt in business and it allowed Whitney Jr. to tool up and gain experience making revolvers. With the expiration of Colt’s patents in 1857, Whitney began production of percussion revolvers based on Colt’s patents, some of them very closely copied. This little revolver would have competed head to head with Colt’s Open Top and New Line .22 revolvers.
The overall condition is very good. The nickel finish is about 20%. The markings are legible. The grips are in very nice shape. The bore is dim with good rifling. The action is strong.
Own the original! This is a legitimate antique and not a reproduction.
Barrel is 2-3/4 inches.
Caliber: .22 Rimfire
Overall condition as seen in photos.
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$575
#190477
SOLD
Antique: Yes