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A Rare .44 Allen & Wheelock 'Second Model' Six-Shot Centre Hammer Lip-Fire Army RevolverNo. 160, Circa 1860
1 December 2009, 14:00 GMT
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £780 inc. premium
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Find your local specialistA Rare .44 Allen & Wheelock 'Second Model' Six-Shot Centre Hammer Lip-Fire Army Revolver
No. 160, Circa 1860
No. 160, Circa 1860
With sighted barrel, octagonal breech stamped 'Allen & Wheelock. Worcestor. Mass. U.S.A. Allen's Patents Sept 7. Nov. 9. 1858' along one side, plain cylinder, later model loading-gate hinged at the bottom, rounded action, hinged trigger-guard operating the rammer within a shaped housing on the right side, arbor pin (catch missing), and figured rounded grips (some bruising, hammer spur repaired, metal parts with minor pitting in places, refinished overall)
19.1 cm. barrel
19.1 cm. barrel
Footnotes
Only about 250 of these revolvers are thought to have been produced




