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CIVIL WAR Antique ELI WHITNEY .31 Caliber POCKET Model Percussion REVOLVER TYPE II Whitney Arms Co. .31 Percussion Revolver
Guns International #: 102011402 Seller's Inventory #: 220544
Category: Civil War Revolvers - Whitney Revolvers
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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
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Description:
CIVIL WAR Antique ELI WHITNEY .31 Caliber POCKET Model Percussion REVOLVER
TYPE II Whitney Arms Co. .31 Percussion Revolver
Here we present an antique Whitney Pocket Model Type 2 Second Model Percussion Revolver, made circa 1861 in New Haven, Connecticut. Eli Whitney Sr. established his Whitneyville Armory in 1798 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.
Designated the Whitney Pocket Model Revolver, this .31 caliber handgun had a total production of 32,500 which were produced at the Whitneyville Armory manufacturing center in the Whitneyville section of New Haven, Connecticut from 1859 through the early 1860s. This Second Model “Type 2” sidearm is a three-screw model frame with a 5-shot cylinder mated to a 4” octagon barrel. Many of these were purchased by individual soldiers for use in the Civil War.
The overall condition is good. The action is strong. The bore is a bit dim with strong rifling. The loading lever retainer screw is a replacement that is a bit undersized. Numbers match. The grips are solid and show use.
Own the original! This is a legitimate antique and not a reproduction.
Barrel is 4 inches.
Caliber: .31 percussion
Overall condition as seen in photos.
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$1300
#220544
SOLD
Antique: Yes