Guns International #: 103406138
Seller's Inventory #: 259337

Category - Civil War Revolvers - Antique Revolvers - Cartridge

Category
Civil War Revolvers
Antique Revolvers - Cartridge

RARE CIVIL WAR Antique ALLEN & WHEELOCK Center Hammer Lipfire ARMY Revolver 1 of 250 .44 Caliber LIPFIRE Revolvers Made c. 1861

Description:
RARE CIVIL WAR Antique ALLEN & WHEELOCK Center Hammer Lipfire ARMY Revolver

1 of 250 .44 Caliber LIPFIRE Revolvers Made c. 1861

Here Ancestry Guns presents a very rare antique Allen & Wheelock Center Hammer Lipfire Army Revolver, made circa 1861 in Worcester, Massachusetts, at the start of the American Civil War. These were produced in both .44 Army caliber and .36 Navy caliber. According to Flayderman, these revolvers only had a production of about 250 pieces till both Allen & Wheelock a ran into the Rollins White patent infringement. They were for the most part converted to percussion to resolve the problem. Of those 250 Lipfires manufactured, many were converted, so finding an original revolver still in Lipfire are few and far between.

This Allen & Wheelock Army Revolver is a .44 caliber, six-shot, Lipfire single action revolver that had a 7-1/2” half-round and half-octagon barrel that utilized a unique ratcheting loading lever that formed the trigger guard of the revolver. The frames, cylinders and barrels of the revolvers were blued with the hammers and the combination loading lever and trigger guards color casehardened. The grips were smooth two-piece walnut that were usually varnished but appear to have been oil finished on some examples. Despite the relatively small number produced, the revolvers were manufactured in three distinct variants.

The overall condition is very good. Original brown and gray patinas. The grips are very good, have been refinished, and show light handling wear. Matching visible numbers. Patent marking worn but remains legible. Excellent action. The bore is bright with sharp rifling. Here is a VERY RARE and attractive revolver from one of the 19th Century’s most prolific makers!

Own the original! This is a legitimate antique and not a reproduction.

Barrel is 7-1/2 inches.

Caliber: .44 Lipfire

Overall condition as seen in photos.

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$3500

#259337
 

Antique: Yes

Price: $3,500.00
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