Original U.S. Sprague & Marston .34cal Double Action Percussion Pepperbox Revolver Circa 1851 - Matching Serial 46 Replica Non-Firing Pistols & Rifles used to penetrate 130 mm

used to penetrate 130 mm (5 in) of rolled homogeneous armor during the war

The top of the lid shows a soldier next to the Bavarian lion

This example is in the less common white color

He fired a few broadsides and the French

Despite this being the Model of 1822 and being marked very faintly with Mle 1822 on the barrel tang

Original U.S. Sprague & Marston .34cal Double Action Percussion Pepperbox Revolver Circa 1851 - Matching Serial 46 Replica Non-Firing Pistols & Rifles used to penetrate 130 mmOriginal Item: Only One Available. Pepperbox revolvers were so named because of the similarity of the front view of the weapon was so reminiscent of a Pepper Pot Grinder of the time being a circle of round holes. Recently acquired at a military auction, this is an excellent condition American manufactured Pepperbox percussion pistol utilizing the 1849 patent of William W. Marston. Most of these were manufactured in New York by Sprague & Marston