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Two 54-Bore Transitional Six-Shot Self-Cocking Percussion RevolversThe First By Frederick Barnes & Co., Birmingham, Both Mid-19th Century
27 July 2006, 10:30 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £600 inc. premium
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Find your local specialistTwo 54-Bore Transitional Six-Shot Self-Cocking Percussion Revolvers
The First By Frederick Barnes & Co., Birmingham, Both Mid-19th Century
The First By Frederick Barnes & Co., Birmingham, Both Mid-19th Century
The first with octagonal sighted barrel signed in full along the top-flat, cylinder with recessed nipples and engraved around the forward edge, foliate scroll engraved rounded action, bar-hammer with Barnett-type rear-sight slot, trigger-guard and butt, patent screw rammer engraved 'Patent D.B.9.', and chequered rounded grips, Birmingham proof marks; the second with two-stage barrel with octagonal breech, plain cylinder with recessed nipples, foliate scroll engraved rounded white-metal action and butt, scroll engraved bar-hammer and trigger-guard, and figured rounded grips (both revolvers worn and rust patinated), Birmingham proof marks (2)
14 cm. barrels
14 cm. barrels
Footnotes
The first revolver incorporates Joseph Bentley's British Patent No. 768 of 1854 for his screw-rammer








