Product Details
A 9mm PINFIRE J. CHAINEUX PATENT TWELVE-SHOT TRIPLE-ACTION REVOLVER, serial no. 2,
circa 1870, with octagonal to round 5 3/4in. barrel, dove-tailed fore-sight, the top-flats of breech engraved with broad-leaf foliage panels, the left side flat signed 'J. CHAINEUX BREVETE', further foliage panels engraved to the barrel-mount, frame and around the plain cylinder, side loading gate with external spring, triple-action guarded trigger, chequered bag-shaped grips (rubbed smooth) and en-suite engraved backstrap with lanyard ring at heel
Provenance: The seldom encountered 'triple-action' allows the user to fire the revolver in manually cocked 'single action' mode, or to pull the trigger through in 'double-action' mode. However, by carefully squeezing the trigger to an involuntary stop position indicated by an audible 'click', the revolver will lock at full cock without the hammer having to be touched, giving three cocking modes
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Estimate £250-350
Sold as an exempt item under Section 58 (2) of the 1968 Firearms Act, to be held as a curiosity or ornament