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John Walsh A Unique Civil War Era Revolver
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Well this will be my last in a series of three unique Civil War era revolver post. This one is a John Walsh 10 shot revolver.
These pistols were made by New Haven Arms Company. Oliver Winchester was the President and major stockholder. Manufacture was concurrent with the Henry Rifle. Only about 3000 were made. It is a 10 shot .31 caliber revolver. Overall length is about 9 1/2". Barrel is 3 1/4". The cylinder is longer than most at about 2 1/4". Action is very interesting and works properly. There are two hammers. It has a spur trigger which operates both hammers. Pull the trigger once and the right one will fire. Pull it again and the second one fires. There are only five chambers in the cylinder. Each takes a double load. Total of ten nipples are on the cylinder. The right side hammer fires the front load. There is a tunnel or chamber which runs from the right side nipple to about the middle of the cylinder where the front load is ignited by the first trigger pull. When the trigger is pulled again the left side hammer strikes the left side nipple and the rear load is fired. Pull the hammers back and the cylinder rotates into position for the next two shots.
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These were purchased privately in the Civil War. Each member of Company I of the 9th Michigan Infantry was armed with one of these pistols. It is reported that only 1000 of the iron frame version was produced.
Pictured below is a brass and an iron frame version
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