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Offline sneekyhunter

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i recieved these from my grandfather when he passed on
« on: January 02, 2007, 01:57:33 PM »
I recieved these from my grandfather when he passed away and was wondering where i could find some information about them.can only post pics of the first one for now.
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Re: i recieved these from my grandfather when he passed on
« Reply #1 on: January 02, 2007, 04:26:19 PM »
Looks to be a 31 cal. Manhattan Firearms Manufacturing Company "Pepperbox"

Here's a little history on the company:
http://homepage.hispeed.ch/american-arms/american-firearms/z-html/company-M/Manhattan%20Firearms%20Manufacturing%20Co/Manhattan%20Firearms%20Manufacturing%20Co-Norwich.html

It looks like your pistol was made somewhere between 1856 and 1868 in Norwich, Connecticut.

The few that I found at auction are going for $450 (pretty bad shape compared to yours) to one with a letter connecting the gun to the Civil War for $1800.  I did see a couple in ABOUT the same shape as yours with an asking price of $750.

Looks like you have a really nice antique on your hands   ;)
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