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The accessory compartments contain an original Heath Patent marked brass powder flask, 2 tools, brass & steel double bullet & ball mould, a small quantity of moulded lead balls & bullets,an empty percussion cap tin labelled Eley Bros, a tin labelled Whitworth & Co felt wads & a white metal oil container with screw off lid which has an integral oil applicator. The felt lined case has compartments which snugly fit the weapon and its accessories. The pistol is contained in its wood case. Its chequered walnut grip is undamaged and has military lanyard ring. The cylinder has matching number and Victorian proofs.
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The serial number puts the weapon in the serial number range of those supplied to the confederate military. The action frame also has ‘Kerr’s Patent ‘10628’ (the number is the serial number of the gun, and not the patent number). The action frame is signed ‘London Armoury’ and the action tang ‘London Armoury Co’. It has a brass post fore sight and ‘v’ frame rear sight. One barrel flat is signed ‘LAC’ (London Armoury Company) and has Victorian English proofs. The bore is near mint clean and bright with crisp rifling. The pistol has a 5 ½” octagonal barrel (11 ½” overall). It has the correct captive loading lever and side mounted hammer. The single action firing mechanism works crisply. This is an excellent, original, cased Kerr revolver. It is easily recognised by its side-mounted hammer. As a result, the London Armoury Company became a major arms supplier to the Confederacy, selling the most of the 11,000 Kerr revolvers produced to Huse. Bulloch contracted for all the rifles and revolvers the Armoury could produce (and the Confederate government could pay for). In November 1861, 1,600 revolvers were purchased for the Union army, at $18.00 a piece.
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When the American Civil War began in 1860 and the governments of both the United States and the Confederacy began purchasing arms in Britain. Kerr's Patent Revolver was an unusual 5-shot single-action revolver manufactured from 1859 to 1866 by the London Armoury Company. The London Armoury Company manufactured military rifles and revolvers. 1722 of July 28, 1855, and when Adams left the Deane brothers to found the London Armoury Company on February 9, 1856, Kerr went with him. Kerr developed an improvement to the Adams revolver, British Patent No. Robert Adams, one of the partners and inventor of the Adams revolver, was Kerr's cousin.
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James Kerr had been the foreman for the Deane, Adams and Deane gun factory. 54 Bore Five Shot Single Action Percussion Revolver With Side Mounted Hammer, Octagonal Barrel & Accessories. **VERY RARE**MINT BORE**Cased, American Civil War Confederate Army Contract London Armoury Company Large Frame Kerr’s Patent. NB As an antique percussion pistol no licence is required to own this item in the UK if retained as a part of a collection or display. The back of the grip has a void inlaid German Silver escutcheon.
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The Walnut stock is undamaged and has fine chequering. It has a brass bead fore sight, ‘v’ notch rear sight and captive steel ram rod. The action, Dolphin hammer, & trigger guard have foliate engraved decoration. The top of the barrel is signed ‘Gough & Bowen’. The barrel has English black powder proofs. The barrel’s bore has staining consistent with age & crisp rifling. It is 8 ¾”overall length with a 4” octagonal steel barrel. This is an excellent steel framed percussion overcoat pistol by Gough & Bowen. Daniel Gough and Bowen (no first name listed) made wood working planes in London from about 1840 to 1855. Little is known about Gough & Bowen’s gunmaking history. C1850 English Gough & Bowen London Steel Frame 38 Bore Muzzle Loading Percussion Overcoat Traveling Pistol With Octagonal Barrel & Captive Steel Ramrod.