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Scarce NEW HAVEN ARMS Co. WALCH 10-Shot SUPERPOSED LOAD Percussion Revolver Antique Pocket Revolver Manufactured Circe 1860-62
Guns International #: 102189378 Seller's Inventory #: 226930
Category: Antique Revolvers - Percussion - Civil War Revolvers
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Seller: AncestryGunsLLC
Company: Ancestry Guns LLC
Member Since: 11/3/16
State: Missouri
Zip: 65203
Country: United States
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Description:
Scarce NEW HAVEN ARMS Co. WALCH 10-Shot SUPERPOSED LOAD Percussion Revolver
Antique Pocket Revolver Manufactured Circe 1860-62
Here we present a scarce antique New Haven Arms Co. Walch Superposed Load Pocket Revolver, made in 1860-62 in New Haven, Connecticut. These 10-shot pocket revolvers and the larger Navy Model 12-shot revolvers were manufactured around the early 1860s. The pocket model, as is this one, was manufactured by the New Haven Arms Co. for John Walch’s Walch Fire-Arms Co. of New York City alongside the famous Henry rifles.
On February 8, 1859, John Walch of New York City received US Patent #22,905 for a somewhat unique revolver that fired superimposed loads from its cylinder, thus doubling the number of times the revolver could be fired before it was reloaded. Walch knew that the concept of a superimposed positioning of two or more loads in a single chamber was not a new idea and did not claim that design in his patent. In fact, the U.S. military had experimented with the concept circa 1829 with the Ellis-Jennings repeating rifle, which was produced in both four and ten shot variants. Rather his claim ran specifically to the arrangement of two rows of nipples on the rear of a revolving cylinder allowing double loads to be fired from each cylinder chamber. His other claim referred to his trigger, which as he notes, “is on its upper end made in two parts.” Thus, a single conventional trigger appeared in the trigger guard, which had two operating parts in the frame, which allowed the release of the right and then the left hammer with two distinct pulls.
Robert Reilly in his book United States Military Small Arms, 1816-1865 notes that some of the Walch Pocket revolvers were acquired by the 9th Michigan and 14th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiments, but he asserts that these were certainly personal purchases and not state of Federal government purchases. As handguns were not regularly issued or carried by infantry, this seems quite logical. However, Flayderman states categorically that “One entire outfit, Company I of the 9th Michigan Infantry armed themselves with the gun, where it received favorable comment.”
The overall condition is fine. The barrel and cylinder have been refinished. There are some original case colors still on the hammers and trigger. The action is excellent. The bore is patinated with good rifling. The grips are smooth and solid with just a small chip at the front of the left panel. A very nice example of a rare 10-shot pocket revolver from the early Civil War period!
Own the original! This is a legitimate antique and not a reproduction.
Barrel is 3-1/4 inches.
Caliber: .31 Percussion
Overall condition as seen in photos.
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$7115
#226930
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Antique: Yes