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A Cased XL. 30 Long Hopkins & Allen Five-Shot Rim-Fire Pocket Revolver Or 'Suicide Special'
No. 2525, Circa 1875

26 November 2014, 10:30 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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A Cased XL. 30 Long Hopkins & Allen Five-Shot Rim-Fire Pocket Revolver Or 'Suicide Special'
No. 2525, Circa 1875

With sighted barrel, fluted cylinder and frame all punched and incised with foliage, the first stamped 'Pat. Mar. 28. 1871 April 27. 1875', the last stamped 'Hopkins & Allen Mfg. Co. XL. 30 Long' along the grooved top-strap, spur trigger, bird's head butt, figured rounded grips, and retaining nearly all its original nickel-plated finish: in modern lined wooden case
5.7 cm. barrel

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