Fine Modern & Antique Guns - September 2019 : Sale A0919 Lot 577
TRANTER FOR R.S. GARDEN A 54-BORE PERCUSSION DOUBLE-ACTION REVOLVER, MODEL TRANTERS PATENT, serial no. 16301T,

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TRANTER FOR R.S. GARDEN
A 54-BORE PERCUSSION DOUBLE-ACTION REVOLVER, MODEL 'TRANTER'S PATENT', serial no. 16301T,
circa 1856, with octagonal 6in. barrel, dove-tailed fore-sight, standing notch rear-sight, the top-strap borderline engraved and signed 'R.S. GARDEN', borderline engraved plain five shot cylinder with carved rope-twist to leading edge, borderline engraved blued frame with a rocking safe to right hand side, double action mechanism with spurred hammer and guarded trigger (return spring weak), chequered swept semi saw-handled walnut butt, engraved blued butt-cap and fitted with 'Tranter's Patent' articulated rammer on left side of barrel, strong traces of blued finish remaining

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Estimate £700-900