Includes a fitted hardwood case containing a dual cavity mold, brass flask, bullet lube tin, cap tin, turnscrew, First Model Rammer, an oiler, and two rod tips. 20320Y' on the right of the frame, 'Y' shaped safety, Hollis & Sheath retailer marks on top of the frame and barrel, '80/BORE' on the front of the frame, fine traditional scroll engraving, and a checkered grip. TRANTER'S/PATENT' oval marking on the cocking trigger, 'ADAM'S PATENT No. The robbery was committed by two chinamen.

For an account of the resulting Tranter Beaumont-Adams patent revolver see Ron Stewart, The Firearms of William Tranter Birmingham Gunsmith, New Zealand, 2007, pp.74-5 Related Articles. It has a dovetail mounted post/blade front sight, fixed notch rear sight, 'W. 7-6-1865 page 415, stolen on the 29th ultimo, from the shop of William John Whitfield, King Street, Sydney, a small size imitation Tranter's revolver, the name supposed 'Purday' in bright letters on the barrel. William Tranter together with the London Armoury Company and another (possibly James Kerr), co-purchased the Adams master patent in 1863. Tranter revolvers also made their way to the Confederate States during the. For a detailed history of these revolvers and their maker see 'The Firearms of William Tranter: Birmingham Gunsmith' by Ron Stewart. William Tranter was born in to a blacksmith named Thomas Tranter and his wife.

This example has the First Model rammer with the fixed ramming point and was manufactured around the early 1850s in Birmingham. remington army revolver, m1879 reichsrevolver, colt model 1851 navy, percussion revolver, tranter revolver 3rd model, william tranter This is one of my. Pull the main trigger once cocked allows a light trigger pull. Pulling the lower trigger provides better leverage and only cocks the action. It can be fired in traditional double action with a heavy trigger pull. William Tranter's revolvers were first introduced in the 1850s.

William tranter revolver