Original U.S. Civil War Era French Style Engraved 9mm Smoothbore Percussion Revolver with Belgian Proofs MG 42 Bolt & Barrel Assembly featuring zinc construction

featuring zinc construction

500 were made and sold to State governments

with a very large hammer point

unlike many we see

or appended and procured specifically for improving the learning process and to usually support the live training environment

Original U.S. Civil War Era French Style Engraved 9mm Smoothbore Percussion Revolver with Belgian Proofs MG 42 Bolt & Barrel Assembly featuring zinc constructionOriginal Item: Only One Available. Here we have a very interesting French style percussion revolver, made very much along the lines of the revolvers designed by Louis Franois Devisme. However, the design of this revolver also owes quite a bit to the typical Samuel Colt designs, especially the cylinder and barrel wedge attachment on the barrel. It however does not have an external frame around the cylinder, relying entirely on the arbor pin to fasten