Antique Whitneyville No. 1 1/2, .32 RF Revolver $1450

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Reloadable ammo is available but sold separately.

Whitneyville No. 1 1/2, .32 RF compact Revolver
This Whitneyville is in excellent condition. Possibly the best from this manufacturer. It retains bright original nickel and vibrant case colors on the hammer and trigger. The action is accurate and strong, and the cylinder indexes and locks properly. The bore of the 3 inch barrel is good, with sharp rifling . The black hard rubber grips are excellent and undamaged, and show no signs of usage. Matching numbers on the frame, barrel and cylinder excellent overall.​

   
Whitney may have been one of the most important inventors in American history. The perfection of his cotton gin – a machine which made the separation of cotton fibers from the plant fast and easy -  in 1793 changed the economy of the young USA forever, foreshadowing the civil war. Whitney’s inventive genius did not stop at the cotton gin however, and he would become known as the single largest manufacturer of firearms in his day. Samuel Colt was so impressed with Whitney’s capabilities that he awarded him the entire contract for manufacture of his newly invented Walker revolvers while his own factory was being built. The “Whitneyville Armory” in New Haven, CT was one of the largest arms manufactures in America until its sale to Winchester in 1888. No other American maker can match the variety of muskets, rifles, handguns and shotguns manufactured as Whitney