Original U.S. Civil War Era Merwin & Bray Cupfire Brass Frame Revolver Converted to .44 - c.1870 Martini-Henry Bayonets The War Department Broad Arrow

The War Department Broad Arrow mark is also present

and the interior paint is also in great shape

It also was made from two belts

The goal of crippling or destroying large numbers of Allied ships

They rarely show up better than this

Original U.S. Civil War Era Merwin & Bray Cupfire Brass Frame Revolver Converted to .44 - c.1870 Martini-Henry Bayonets The War Department Broad ArrowOriginal Item: Only One Available. Starting life between 1863 and 1873 this was manufactured as a CUP FIRE Revolver. MERWIN & BRAY, run by Ellis & White developed this CUP FIRE System to get around the Smith & Wesson Patent of a drilled through cylinder allowing loading from the rear. This CUP FIRE system required loading from the front of the cylinder, in reverse so to speak. The rear of the cylinder only had a small hole to allow the firing pin to