Lot 47
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A U.S. Martially Marked, C.S. Pettengill, Hammerless Army Revolver, Serial No. 3933

Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 USD
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Description

  • Steel, Brass, Walnut wood
blued octagonal barrel with fore-sight, marked PETTENGILLS / PATENT 1856 / RAYMOND & ROBITAILLE / PATENTED 1858, 6-shot cylinder numbered 3943, walnut grips with inspector cartouche on left grip, inspector marks on barrel (WP), frame (WW) and cylinder (WW), serial number 3933 marked on cylinder, trigger-guard interior and butt-strap, interior of left grip marked 3933, interior of right grip with pencil notation Sch 3 1885

7-1/2 inch barrel 



Charles S. Pettengill



Charles Robitaille



This is one of two models of Pettengill revolvers made in limited qualities; approximately 900 of the .36 caliber and 3,400 of the .44 caliber were produced.   

Literature

Wilson, American Arms Collectors, Percussion Colts and Their Rivals, The Al Cali Collection, pages 134-135