Revolver trivia

[silicosys4]

Can you name this revolver?

 

[lowslowmiata]

I'll call it Steve

 

[Panzerschwein]

Some kind of Smith and Wesson derivative? Looks very odd to this old cowhand...

 

[Master Blaster]

Sort of looks like a Merwyn and Hulbert.. but not exactly

 

[BobWright]

Its a Winchester, designed by William Mason, I believe.


Bob Wright

 

[Driftwood Johnson]

Howdy

At first I was going to say it was one of the crude knock offs of Smith and Wessons that were being made in Belgium.

But Bob Wright's answer rung a bell and I grabbed one of my Winchester books.

Bob is almost 100% correct, except this one was designed by former S&W inventor William Wetmore. The revolver at the bottom in this photo.

These were prototypes that Winchester made up when Colt produced the Burgess repeaters, to scare the pants off of Colt. Colt agreed to stop making rifles and Winchester agreed to stay away from revolvers. The revolver at the top of this photo was designed by William Mason for Winchester.

The revolver in question appears to be a single action and has a spur on the trigger guard. The one in my photo is double action and lacks the spur, but all the other details look the same, particularly the odd shape of the cylinder with a kind of step mid length.

 

[Liberty1776]

Steve is too plain a name for this revolver. I shall call him... Pendergras

 

[Jeeper.45]

One thing about it, it's pretty neat..

 

[AlfonsDeWolf]

What unobtainium round is it drilled for?

 

[jmorris]

I'll call it Steve

Still laughing, thanks.

 

[BobWright]

What unobtainium round is it drilled for?

If memory serves me correctly, it was the .44-40.

And at breakfast this morning, it dawned on me that it was not a Mason design.


Bob Wright

 

[Driftwood Johnson]

Howdy Again

I have no information about what caliber these revolvers were, however it makes sense they would have been chambered for a WCF cartridge such as 44-40.

 

[AlfonsDeWolf]

My original thought might be like a .44Henry (rimfire) as its semilookalike, the s&w model 3, was available in it, hence my "unobtainium" moniker.

 

[silicosys4]

Bob and Driftwood got it,

 

[silicosys4]

Another,

 

[BobWright]

Closest I can come to it that it's by Eli Whitney?

Bob Wright

 

[Zaydok Allen]

This is an interesting thread. We should have this made into a sticky so folks can continue to post old odd ball revolvers.

Thanks for starting it silicosys4.

 

[silicosys4]

Closest I can come to it that it's by Eli Whitney?

Bob Wright

Thats a good start!

 

[BobWright]

I'll say a Whitney Navy Model?

Other than that, I'm done.

Bob Wright

 

[Compound8.0]

I don't have any odd or unusual revolvers and enjoy seeing these so keep em rolling please ?

 

[silicosys4]

Nice one, BobWright, I'll give that to you, its close enough by me

 

[silicosys4]

How about this contraption?

 

[BobWright]

Well, you got me there. I remember seeing some patent drawings of such a device, but sure can't remember where nor what that did. Was there a clock spring winding mechanism involved?

Bob Wright


P.S. You're doing good, my friend!

 

[Jeeper.45]

This is a very interesting thread here, thanks for shareing, I'm just a newbie, so I haven't seen any of those already posted..

 

[newfalguy101]

I'll call it Steve

Looks more like an "Ethel" to me.....