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A U.S. Martially Marked Massachusetts Arms Co. Adams' Patent Revolver, Serial No. 204, circa 1857
Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
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Description
- Steel, Walnut Wood
blued octagonal barrel with fore-sight, top-strap marked MANUFACTURED BY / MASS. ARMS.CO / CHICOPEE FALLS, loading-lever marked KERR'S PATENT / APRIL 14, 1857, frame marked ADAMS PATENT / MAY 3d 1853 on left and PATENT / JUNE 3, 1856 on right, inspectors' cartouches on left and right of grips, JT and WAT, respectively, checkered oil-finished walnut grips
6-inch barrel
It is estimated 1,000 were produced of which approximately 600 were martially marked.
6-inch barrel
It is estimated 1,000 were produced of which approximately 600 were martially marked.
Literature
Wilson, American Arms Collectors, Percussion Colts and Their Rivals, The Al Cali Collection, page 97