Product Details
A RARE BOXED .32 (RIMFIRE) SLOCUM'S PATENT FIVE-SHOT REVOLVER WITH SLIDING CHAMBERS, SIGNED B.A. Co., serial no. 2482,
circa 1864, with tapering round blued 3in. iron barrel marked 'B.A. CO PATENT APRIL 14TH 1863', bead fore-sight, borderline and scroll engraved silver plated brass frame (losses to plating from age), blued cylinder with five forward sliding chambers locking at the rear, single action mechanism with spur trigger, smooth rounded grips (hairline crack forming to lower edge of right), fixed ejector, the whole appearing little used and retaining much original faded blued finish except where noted, together with its manufacturers card box, the exterior with wear to edges, paper taped repair to one corner and small covering losses, the interior in good condition with makers label inside lid and compartmented for this revolver and with provision for an ammunition carton (absent), together with a rare instruction sheet
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Estimate £600-900
Sold as an exempt item under Section 58 (2) of the 1968 Firearms Act, to be held as a curiosity or ornament