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LETTERED Antique SMITH & WESSON No. 2 “Old Army” BEAUTIFUL BLUE with MOTHER of PEARL Shipped 13 DAYS Before the CIVIL WAR ENDED
Guns International #: 103505135 Seller's Inventory #: 259306
Category: Smith & Wesson Revolvers - 22/32 - 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
Phone: (314) 707-7373
International Phone: 314-707-7373
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Return Policy: 3 day inspection and return policy on used guns.
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Description:
LETTERED Antique SMITH & WESSON No. 2 “Old Army” BEAUTIFUL BLUE with MOTHER of PEARL
Shipped 13 DAYS Before the CIVIL WAR ENDED
Here Ancestry Guns present an antique Factory Lettered Smith & Wesson Model No. 2 “Old Army” Revolver with Pearl Grips, made circa 1865 in Springfield, Massachusetts. This example is very intriguing due to the fact that it was shipped from the Smith & Wesson factory just 13 days before the Civil War ended. It was shipped on May 13, 1865, to J.W. Storrs in New York City. Storrs was Smith & Wesson’s sole agent between the years of 1857 and 1869. This revolver maintains its gorgeous blue finish and was equipped with the luminescent mother of pearl grips by Storrs as it was the practice of many dealers and agents to “add value”, especially aesthetically, to the items they dealt in.
Smith & Wesson purchased the rights to the Rollin White patent for the bored through cylinder, which would forever change the development of revolving firearms. Beginning in 1857 they produced the Number 1, a 7-shot .22 rimfire pocket pistol, which was quite successful. This was fine for the commercial market, but S&W knew they could scale up their design for a pistol that could be worn on the belt in a holster. They began shipping their Number 2 “Army” Revolver, a 6-shot .32 caliber, just 2 months after the beginning of the American Civil War. Smith & Wesson continued to leverage their patent well beyond the war and they remained very popular with the public and on the frontiers.
The overall condition is fine. Original blue finish. Shiny, bright sharpy rifled bore. Excellent action. Very good, vibrant pearl grips. Markings are sharp.
Own the original! This is a legitimate antique and not a reproduction.
Barrel is 6 inches.
Caliber: .32 Rimfire
Overall condition as seen in photos.
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$3600
#259306
SOLD
Antique: Yes