Original U.S. Civil War Era British .442 Caliber 4th Model Tranter Percussion Revolver - Serial 16969 T Near CSA Used Examples US Civil War Very tarnished and most impressive

Very tarnished and most impressive

The leather chinstrap is secured on the side with two New York “Excelsior” buttons

identified by its "open top" design (no top strap over the cylinder)

The interior is lined with light brown light oilcloth

In June 1946

Original U.S. Civil War Era British .442 Caliber 4th Model Tranter Percussion Revolver - Serial 16969 T Near CSA Used Examples US Civil War Very tarnished and most impressiveOriginal Item: Only One Available. The Tranter revolver was a double action cap & ball revolver invented around 1856 by English firearms designer William Tranter (1816 1890). Originally operated with a special dual trigger mechanism (one to rotate the cylinder and cock the gun, a second to fire it) later models employed a single trigger mechanism much the same as that found in the contemporary Beaumont Adams revolver. Early Tranter revolvers were