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ENGRAVED Antique SMITH & WESSON No. 1 .22 Revolver NIMSCHKE STYLE NEW YORK SILVER & GOLD PLATED with MOTHER OF PEARL GRIPS
Guns International #: 102655913 Seller's Inventory #: 234108
Category: Smith & Wesson Revolvers - 22/32 - Smith & Wesson Revolvers - Antique
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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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Description:
ENGRAVED Antique SMITH & WESSON No. 1 .22 Revolver NIMSCHKE STYLE NEW YORK
SILVER & GOLD PLATED with MOTHER OF PEARL GRIPS
Here we present an antique New York Engraved Smith & Wesson Number 1, Third Issue Revolver, made circa 1868-81. The No. 1 was Smith & Wesson’s first metallic cartridge firearm. It utilized the idea of the “bored through cylinder”, which was patented by Rollin White and subsequently exclusively licensed by Smith & Wesson. This concept has forever changed revolving firearms design, and is the same idea used in revolvers today. S&W, via Rollin White himself, aggressively sued any patent infringers and were able to hold their monopoly on the American market for cartridge revolvers from about 1857 to 1870, whereupon their patent expired. The results were a very profitable business, a broke Rollin White, and a grudging U.S. Chief of Ordnance Alexander Dyer, who was still angry in 1870 about not being able to use the technology during the Civil War. The U.S. government ended up giving Colt their contracts since they valued the larger .44 caliber in the Colt 1860 Armies over the .32 caliber full sized No. 2 Armies.
This revolver is engraved in the style of and likely done by Nimschke. Louis Daniel Nimschke was one of the nineteenth century’s most talented and prolific firearms engravers. His professional career spanned from around 1850 to around 1900. Nimschke’s firearms engraving style generally employed the use of neat, broadly-formed foliate scrollwork with rounded terminals accented with curved or straight hashmarks, against a punch-dot background on more expensive commissions, often surrounding blank panels and ribbands. Sometimes his designs incorporate animal figures, portrait heads, and sophisticated panel scenes, and only occasionally signed his work.
The Third Issue was S&W’s final improved version of the revolver. The rounded birds head grips, fluted cylinder and round barrel made this an even sleeker variant of the revolver that started it all. This small revolver is a 7-shot .22 rimfire. It was specifically designed to be a pocket gun, being very small and light. For those not wanting or needing a full-sized gun or for those who wanted a backup this revolver was the ideal firearm for the turbulent 19th century.
The overall condition is fine. Original silver and gold finish over excellent engraving. The action is excellent. The bore is shiny bright with strong rifling. The grips are solid mother of pearl, which remain intact and luminous.
Own the original! This is a legitimate antique and not a reproduction.
Barrel is 3-3/16 inches.
Caliber: .22 Rimfire (Short, black powder)
Overall condition as seen in photos.
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$1900
#234108
Price: $1,900.00
Antique: Yes