Winchester Gun Museum - Part 5: Historic Handguns

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Winchester Gun Museum - Part 1: The Evolution of Firearms
Winchester Gun Museum - Part 2: The Winchester Repeating Rifle
Winchester Gun Museum - Part 3: More Winchester Rifles
Winchester Gun Museum - Part 4: Winchester Shotguns

This last chapter of the Winchester Gun Museum displays covers historic handguns at the museum. Enjoy!


Revolvers



From top to bottom, they are:
Remington New Model Police revolver
Factory conversion to breech-loading. 1863 - 1873. Metallic cartridge 38 rimfire.

.44 Smith & Wesson Revolver
Although this piece is chambered for the .44 Russian cartridge, it more closely resembles the earlier S&W Schofield design. It was probably made in the late 1870s.

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Early Revolvers



From left to right, top row then bottom row, they are:
Top row:
Marlin Model 32 Standard
1875 pocket revolver. .32 rimfire

Otis A. Smith 32-100
Model 1883 shell eject top
Not a Smith & Wesson

Smith & Wesson Model No. 1
Third issue revolver. .22 caliber 1861 - 1868.

Bottom row:
Forehand & Wadsworth .32 revolver
( rest unreadable )

(Unreadable)

Hopkins & Allen .38 revolver
Spur-trigger revolvers such as this American-made specimen were popular with guards and watchmen in the late 1870's and early 1880's. Made for Merwin & Hilbert.

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More Revolvers


From left to right, top row then bottom row, they are:
Top row:
Smith & Wesson Model No. 1
Second issue revolver 22 cal. 1860 - 1868

.32 pinfire with folding trigger. Belgian

Bottom row:
Hopkins & Allen XL No. 6
Patented 1872. .41 rimfire

(Unreadable)