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A Fine And Exceptionally Rare 28-Bore Percussion Seven-Shot Revolving 'Turret' Rifle By James Wilkinson & Son, Pall Mall, London, No. 5249 For 1840
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By James Wilkinson & Son, Pall Mall, London, No. 5249 For 1840
By James Wilkinson & Son, Pall Mall, London, No. 5249 For 1840
71.1 cm. barrel
Footnotes
Literature
A.W.F. Taylerson, R.A.N. Andrew and J. Frith, The Revolver 1818-1865, 1968, pp. 248 and 297, pl. 32 (top and lower)
Recorded as 'finished' in October 1840 and sold to P. Richardson Esq.re. (with grateful thanks to armsresearch.co.uk)
This rifle is constructed to Moses Poole's British Patent No. 7286 of 19 January 1837, probably designed by the American, J.W. Cochran of New York City. It is believed that only about seventeen 'turret' longarms and pistols were made. A.E.F. Taylerson records 'A few pistols were made on this system, but it was principally used in longarms'
For a cased revolver on the same principle (no. 5158 for 1839), formerly in the W. Keith Neal Collection (C102) and sold in these Rooms, see Antique Arms, Armour & Modern Sporting Guns, 22 July 2012, lot 331








