Revolver is rusted throughout but is complete except for the wood grips and most of the loading lever. Cylinder is frozen but retains all the nipples. Heavy rust has been removed and the remaining metal is stabilized. Surfaces are heavily pitted and no markings are visible.

With the revolver is a modern tag that reads “36 CAL ENGLISH TRANTER PISTOL ENGLISH MADE. USED BY SOUTHERN OFFICERS THIS WAS WAS FOUND ON THE BATTLEFIELD OF MAYRES HEIGHTS FREDERISKSBURY (sp) VA. DEC. 1862.”

Relic also comes with original bullet and housed in a riker box.

The English Tranter revolver was the invention of British gunmaker William Tranter of Birmingham, England. In 1856, Tranter entered his weapon in a firearms test sponsored by the British Army and won a government contract for his new type of revolver. Tranter produced various models of his all-iron, combination single-action, double-action, percussion revolvers in Birmingham, England during the last half of the 19th century. An astute and successful businessman, he also licensed other arms manufacturers, retailers and importers to act as his agents in the manufacture and sale of his products at home and abroad. Though expensive at $200.00 each, the revolver was very popular in the Southern states at the time and when the Civil War broke out, the Confederate government bought quantities of British arms. Also, many Confederate officers privately purchased the Tranter revolver for personal use.  [ad]

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