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A French 9MM (Perrin Thick-Rim) Six-Shot Self-Cocking Rim-Fire Pocket RevolverNo. 696, Circa 1860
27 July 2006, 10:30 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £720 inc. premium
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Find your local specialistA French 9MM (Perrin Thick-Rim) Six-Shot Self-Cocking Rim-Fire Pocket Revolver
No. 696, Circa 1860
No. 696, Circa 1860
With blued sighted barrel, blued octagonal breech engraved with foliage, blued serial numbered cylinder and frame en suite, the latter stamped 'Perrin & Cie Bte' on one side and 'Paris' on the other, hinged loading gate and sprung folding trigger, spring-held arbor pin, sprung safety-stop, figured rounded butt, and some original finish
9.7 cm. barrel
9.7 cm. barrel
Footnotes
Louis Perrin & Cie is recorded as a gunmaker and inventor in Paris from 1845. The company was awarded medals at the Great Exhibition in London of 1851 and at the Paris Exhibition of 1855








