Antique CIVIL WAR Era ALLEN & WHEELOCK Style Sidehammer .22 RF Revolver SPUR TRIGGER Self Defense BACKUP Revolver

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Antique CIVIL WAR Era ALLEN & WHEELOCK Style Sidehammer .22 RF Revolver    

SPUR TRIGGER Self Defense BACKUP Revolver

Here we present an antique Allen & Wheelock Style Sidehammer Revolver, made circa the early 1860s in. The firm of Allen & Wheelock was a true powerhouse of American arms manufacturing during the middle 1800s. Unlike other American arms producers of the era like Colt and Remington, Allen & Wheelock concentrated upon manufacturing arms for civilian sale rather than focusing on trying to obtain government military contracts.

Unfortunately, Allen’s production of his Lip Fire and Rim Fire series of revolvers was brought to a screeching halt due to litigation from Smith & Wesson, who were defending the bored through cylinder patent of Rollin White, which they had purchased exclusive access to. He managed to produce these sidehammer rimfire revolvers for about 3 years, from 1859 to 1862, before the patent infringement suit shut down production.

In 1856 Charles Thurber, of Allen & Thurber fame, retired, and the company known as Allen & Wheelock came into existence. In 1865, after Wheelock’s death the previous year, the company was renamed for the last time E. Allen & Company. The new company included more of Allen’s extended family, his son’s-in-law Sullivan Forehand and Henry Wadsworth. After Allen’s death in 1871, the 34-year-old company would change names again, this time to Forehand & Wadsworth, and the Allen name would be left to history.

The overall condition is good. The action functions but the cylinder does not lock up. Very good bore with nice rifling. Solid grips. The cylinder scene is intact. The finish has settled in as a light gray patina.

Own the original! This is a legitimate antique and not a reproduction.

Barrel is 3-1/4 inches.

Caliber: .22 Rimfire

Overall condition as seen in photos.

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$900
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