A VERY RARE 54-BORE WESTLEY RICHARDS PATENT SIX-SHOT SELF-COCKING REVOLVER OF MILITARY TYPE
BY WESTLEY RICHARDS, 170, NEW BOND ST., LONDON (PATENTEE), SERIAL NO. 2, CIRCA 1854-5
A VERY RARE 54-BORE WESTLEY RICHARDS PATENT SIX-SHOT SELF-COCKING REVOLVER OF MILITARY TYPE BY WESTLEY RICHARDS, 170, NEW BOND ST., LONDON (PATENTEE), SERIAL NO. 2, CIRCA 1854-5 With tapering round sighted barrel signed in full, cut with multi-groove rifling and retaining some original blued finish, blued top-strap incorporating the off-set notch rear-sight and serial numbered on the underside, plain cylinder and rounded frame, the latter with sprung plunger hammer safety-stop on the left side and retaining some original faded case-hardened finish, case-hardened one-piece grip-strap, large blued trigger-guard, and Westley Richards patent rack and pinion rammer, figured walnut grips, the left grip numbered '2', much original finish throughout (barrel lightly corroded towards muzzle), Birmingham proof marks 6 7/8in. (17.5cm.) barrel
A VERY RARE 54-BORE WESTLEY RICHARDS PATENT SIX-SHOT SELF-COCKING REVOLVER OF MILITARY TYPE
BY WESTLEY RICHARDS, 170, NEW BOND ST., LONDON (PATENTEE), SERIAL NO. 2, CIRCA 1854-5
A VERY RARE 54-BORE WESTLEY RICHARDS PATENT SIX-SHOT SELF-COCKING REVOLVER OF MILITARY TYPE BY WESTLEY RICHARDS, 170, NEW BOND ST., LONDON (PATENTEE), SERIAL NO. 2, CIRCA 1854-5 With tapering round sighted barrel signed in full, cut with multi-groove rifling and retaining some original blued finish, blued top-strap incorporating the off-set notch rear-sight and serial numbered on the underside, plain cylinder and rounded frame, the latter with sprung plunger hammer safety-stop on the left side and retaining some original faded case-hardened finish, case-hardened one-piece grip-strap, large blued trigger-guard, and Westley Richards patent rack and pinion rammer, figured walnut grips, the left grip numbered '2', much original finish throughout (barrel lightly corroded towards muzzle), Birmingham proof marks 6 7/8in. (17.5cm.) barrel
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