August 2024 Sealed Bid Auction : Sale S0824 Lot 7513
AN UNUSUAL MODIFIED SMITH & WESSON .45(L/C) MKII HAND-EJECTOR REVOLVER, serial no. 3742,

Product Details

AN UNUSUAL MODIFIED SMITH & WESSON .45(L/C) MKII HAND-EJECTOR REVOLVER, serial no. 3742, modified to Sykes and Fairbairn's specification from their time in the Shanghai police, with shortened 3 1/2in. barrel fitted with a ramp fore-sight, solid frame with fluted swing-out cylinder, bobbed hammer, the front of the trigger guard cut away and a broad trigger shoe fitted, single action removed and walnut chequered grips with reprofiled heel, together with a further pair of smooth walnut grips

Provenance: This revolver is reputedly Captain W.E. Fairbairn's actual revolver, but this statement cannot be confirmed. See also Lot 7520.



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Estimate £300-500

S5 - Sold as a Section 5 Firearm under the 1968 Firearms Act, Section 7.3 Eligible.


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