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ANCHOR Stamped & CARTOUCHED MANHATTAN Navy Revolver CIVIL WAR Antique Series 3 U.S. Military Contract with CARTOUCHE
Guns International #: 102475579 Seller's Inventory #: 230646
Category: Civil War Revolvers - Antique Revolvers - Percussion
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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:
ANCHOR Stamped & CARTOUCHED MANHATTAN Navy Revolver CIVIL WAR Antique
Series 3 U.S. Military Contract with CARTOUCHE
Here we present an antique U.S. Naval Ordnance Inspected Manhattan Arms Third Series Navy Revolver, made circa 1862 in Newark, New Jersey. This piece bears a clear anchor stamp atop the barrel and an inspector’s cartouche on the left side of the grip.
Manhattan Fire Arms Co. was founded in 1856 specifically to capitalize on the soon to be expiring Colt patents in 1857. This strategy worked very well for the company and they began by making high quality and very close copies of both Colts and other popular pistols with expired patents. These revolvers greatly resemble the Colt Model 1849 Pocket and 1851 Navy revolvers. In fact, Manhattan’s copies of Colts were so close that Colt tried to kill their production with a lawsuit, even though their patent had expired. There were roughly 80,000 total revolvers made throughout the production run of Series One through Series Five. Series I through Series IV were all five-shot revolvers while the Series V (with its tapered loading lever) was of six-shot. All were, however, chambered for the .36 ball cartridge, which was what the Navy favored.
Manhattan’s revolvers were very well received by the public. The company only ever received a small US military contract. This appears to be one of those very few. Nevertheless, many Manhattan revolvers found themselves on smoky Civil War battlefields, purchased privately by officers and soldiers, and they were certainly in use at home. The war created a vast and unquenchable market for firearms of all types.
The overall condition is fine. Original finish. The numbers match, with the exception of an unnumbered barrel wedge. The action is excellent. The bore is in good condition, patinated with good rifling. The grip is in near fine condition with a cartouche on the left side. The first initial is “H” though we cannot make out for certain what the second initial is for the inspector. A very clean, very rare Manhattan!
Own the original! This is a legitimate antique and not a reproduction.
Barrel is 5 inches.
Caliber: .36 Percussion
Overall condition as seen in photos.
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$3200
#230646
SOLD
Antique: Yes