ENGRAVED Antique SPRINGFIELD ARMS Percussion WARNER PATENT Pocket Revolver Late 1850s CIVIL WAR Era Self Defense Weapon

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ENGRAVED Antique SPRINGFIELD ARMS Percussion WARNER PATENT Pocket Revolver
Late 1850s CIVIL WAR Era Self Defense Weapon
Here Ancestry Guns presents an antique Engraved Springfield Arms Co. Warner Patent Percussion Revolver, made circa 1857-58 in Springfield, Massachusetts. James Warner received his first firearms patent which was granted in 1851 for a percussion revolver while he was working as the chief designer for the Springfield Arms Company. It was with this revolver that Warner had his first conflict with a patent infringement lawsuit in a case brought against him by Samuel Colt and the Colt Patent Firearms Manufacturing Company. The end result of the suit was that Warner and Springfield Arms were forced to stop manufacturing percussion revolvers whose mechanisms rotated the cylinder as part of the cocking action of the hammer.
Colt’s revolver patent would haunt Warner until its expiration in 1857, limiting the features that could be included in the revolving firearms that he produced both with Springfield Arms and on his own. With the 1857 expiration of the patent, Warner started to produce a small frame, 6-shot percussion revolver that would be his most successful firearm. This 1st Model was a .28 caliber single action revolver with only about 525 examples produced (per Flayderman's Guide, 9th Edition, page 373) prior to the introduction of the 2nd Model, 1st Variant, also in .28 caliber. It wasn’t until the 2nd Model, 2nd Variant that the .31 caliber was introduced. This final version would be produced through the late 1860s with somewhere around 9,000 guns being produced.
The overall condition is fine. Much original finish is preserved. Strong action. The bore is in good shape for is age with serviceable rifling. Both grips are fine. Nicely engraved frame. Etched cylinder. Legible markings.
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Barrel is 2-3/4 inches.
Caliber: .28 Percussion
Overall condition as seen in photos.
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$2500
#259609
 

Antique: Yes

Price: $2,500.00
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