Product Details
UHLINGER, USA
A CASED .32 RIMFIRE REVOLVER SIGNED J.P. LOWER, MODEL 'UHLINGER', serial no. 2784,
circa 1861-62, with 5 7/8in. octagonal barrel (refinished), bead fore-sight, sighting groove to the top-strap, solid iron frame frame, hinged loading gate, plain six-shot cylinder, sheath trigger, flared walnut grips and sprung ejector rod stored beneath barrel, together with a possibly period case relined and refitted for this revolver in green baize with provision for six rounds of ammunition and including a cleaning rod and complete with a letter from the Royal Armouries containing further notes on J.P. Lower
Provenance: Uhlinger was one manufacturer who managed to escape prosecution whilst the Rollin White 'through bored cylinder' patent was still valid. 'Uhlinger' came up with the clever ploy of changing the name of his product, basically to keep S&W (who owned the Rollin White patent) guessing as to who had produced it. Outwardly similar to the S&W revolver of the time, Uhlinger revolvers were sold under the name 'D.D. Cone' (a patent attorney from Washington), 'W.L. Grant' (a dry goods store in New Jersey), 'J.P. Lower' (a store clerk of a large Philadelphia arms dealer) and even on a few occasions under his own name, as a result always staying one step ahead of S&W's lawyers. Ironically, his business was to fold as soon as the patent expired, there was then simply too much competition.
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Estimate £800-1,200