Maynard Belt System Revolver Primers Usa, 19th Century

MAYNARD revolver with primer band system
USA, 19th century
Steel and wood.
Length: 19.5cm - Barrel length: 7.5cm - Cal: 28

Round barrel, rifled bore, blued finish, with brass rice grain front sight. Tilt-up system, marked MASS. ARMS CO CHICOPEE FALLS.
Round, six-chamber, hand-turned cylinder with foliage decoration.
Single-action operation.
White polished steel carcass, engraved with scrolling foliage; with door on the right side lifting to access the primer band, door marked: MEYNARD'S PATENT - SEP. 22. 1845.
Trigger tail serves as barrel release.
Wooden stock plates.

Good condition and working order.

Supplied in a later burrwood case with reinforced corners and three compartments, containing a primer box and an oil cruet.

Code: 5281

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According to article L311-2 of the French Code de la sécurité intérieure, this collector's weapon is classified in category D. It is free to acquire and hold. We remind you that their sale is forbidden to minors.