double-action percussion revolver???

[hso]

Can anyone remember who made an early percussion double-action revolver in a large (~45) caliber?

I just saw a double-action percussion revolver in a very large caliber. It had that european "look".

 

[SDC]

Probably the two most common are those based on either Adams' or Tranter's patents; some of these have TWO triggers, one to revolve the cylinder, and one to drop the hammer.

 

[deadin]

Wasn't the Starr of Civil War era a DA?

 

[Jim K]

The Starr is the only American DA revolver I can think of in the CW era that was made in .44 or .45. Actually, the Starr is not a true double action, but what might be called a trigger cocking design. The trigger has a slide at the rear. With the slide in one position, pulling the trigger cocks the hammer, but does not release it. The shooter lets go of the trigger, then inserts his finger into the trigger guard behind the trigger and presses on the sear to fire the gun. With the slide in the other position, it presses on the sear and fires the gun after it has cocked the hammer. The effect is of double action, but technically it isn't.

In the use of DA, Britain and other nations were well ahead of the U.S. One of the problems encountered by Colt's agents in trying to sell his percussion revolvers in England was that they were single action and were scorned by British customers as old fashioned.

Jim

 

[hso]

Guys, this was a true DA percussion revolver. A pull of the trigger cocked the hammer and rotated the cylinder. No is no second trigger and there is no manipulation of the trigger guard or other components involved.

 

[Lo.Com.Denom]

Hmm... There's plenty of DA, big-bore, percussion revolvers out there - most of them British, or European copies of British designs.
Try rooting around on:

www.collectorsfirearms.com and see what you come up with... Try looking in "antique handguns" - "revolvers".

It could be made by: Beaumont-Adams, Tranter (FWIW, the later Tranters had conventional DA lockwork and looked alot like the Beaumont-Adams), Deane-Harding, Webley Double-Action (as opposed to the more famous "Longspur"), Kerr (with a characteristic side-hammer), Daw (no top-strap and long hammer-spur), Bentley (no top-strap again and a colt-type rammer) or several others... and all the copies

Hope this helps.