Guns International #: 102894882
Seller's Inventory #: 240451

Category - Antique Revolvers - Percussion - Handguns - American Revolvers

Category
Antique Revolvers - Percussion
Handguns - American Revolvers

c1850s MASSACHUSETTS ARMS Antique ADAMS PATENT Percussion Pocket Revolver 1 of Only 4,500 EARLY DOUBLE ACTION Revolvers

Description:
c1850s MASSACHUSETTS ARMS Antique ADAMS PATENT Percussion Pocket Revolver 

1 of Only 4,500 EARLY DOUBLE ACTION Revolvers

Here we present an antique Massachusetts Arms Co. Adams Patent Pocket Model Double Action Percussion Revolver, manufactured circa 1857-61. In 1857 Massachusetts Arms entered into an agreement to provide 500 of the “belt” sized (.36 caliber), Beaumont-Adams Patent revolvers to the U.S. Ordnance Department. At the same time, Massachusetts Arms developed and produced a scaled down, .31 caliber “pocket” variant of the belt revolver with an estimated 4,500 of these revolvers manufactured. This revolver was marketed to the civilian market, as a more robust and safer alternative to the Colt Model 1849 “Pocket” revolver. The Adams patent guns were easier to get into action quickly due to their self-cocking, double action lockwork, and also offered a frame mounted sliding safety on the right side of the revolver. Both of these features made the Mass Arms revolver more suited to carry in a trouser or coat pocket. Much like the larger belt revolver, the pocket revolver was a 5 shot percussion pistol with the traditional hump-backed Adams style checkered walnut grip.

According to American Percussion Revolvers by Sellers and Smith, around 200 Adams revolvers were manufactured with 4 1/4 inch barrels, roughly equally divided between octagon and round barrels during mid-production of this model. This example features a 3-1/4 inch octagon barrel. In 1861, Mass. Arms abandoned revolver production to concentrate on producing carbines for the U.S. Ordnance Department.

The overall condition is fine. Original blue finish. The action is excellent. The bore is in good condition with good rifling and some minor spotting. The grip is solid with nice checkering. Numbers match.

Own the original! This is a legitimate antique and not a reproduction.

Barrel is 3-1/4 inches.

Caliber: .31 Percussion

Overall condition as seen in photos.

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#240451
 

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Antique: Yes