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A Rare .32 Bacon Mfg. Co. 'Removable Trigger-Guard' Six-Shot Rim-Fire Pocket Revolver
No. 21, Circa 1860

26 November 2014, 10:30 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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A Rare .32 Bacon Mfg. Co. 'Removable Trigger-Guard' Six-Shot Rim-Fire Pocket Revolver
No. 21, Circa 1860

With russet octagonal sighted barrel retaining traces of manufacturer's details along the top flat, russet cylinder, rounded action engraved with foliate scrollwork, threaded removable trigger-guard (old repair), and figured rounded grips (one with minor chip, some light rust patination)
4 cm. barrel

Footnotes

Flayderman notes that 'Production of this model was cut short by action of Smith & Wesson for infringement on their control of the Rollin White bored-through-cylinder patent'. Only about 300 of these revolvers are thought to have been made

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