Forehand & Wadsworth ".32 Double Action", .32 RF Pocket Revolver $1900

1900.00
Category
Firearms Handguns
Classification
No PAL Required
Action
Revolver
Condition
Excellent
Manufacturer
Forehand & Wadsworth
Caliber
32 RF
Model
32 Double Action
Sight
open
Capacity
6
Hand
Right Handed or Ambidextrous

Please text anytime 6476871484. Fully functional compact pocket revolver in perfect condition. No PAL required.
This one is probably smallest double action revolver which was also durable , reliable, high quality and practical enough to be used as self defense weapon. Comes with RCMP paperwork.
Reloadable ammo is available but sold separately.

Forehand & Wadsworth ".32 Double Action", .32 RF Pocket Revolver
This one is in very fine to excellent condition. The nickel plating is about intact. The action is crisp and strong, and the cylinder indexes and locks properly and tightly. The bore of the 2 1/2 inch barrel is very good, with sharp rifling . The rosewood grips are very fine and undamaged, with most of the varnish intact. SN 633, very fine to excellent overall.

History & Background
Sullivan Forehand was an employee of Ethan Allen, the famous New England gunmaker. In 1860 he worked in an administrative capacity when he met his future wife - Allen's daughter - at work, and after marrying into the family became a partner in the business. Henry Wadsworth, an officer in the union army, met another of Allen's daughters while still in service during the war, and married into the family as well. Upon his discharge from the army, Wadsworth joined the company which was renamed "Ethan Allen & Co."
After Allen's death in 1871, the two sons-in-law took over the firm and renamed it "Forehand & Wadsworth. They would become well known especially for their bulldogs, but also their many fine pocket and large-frame revolvers, single-shot deringers and pistols. Forehand & Wadsworth remained in business until 1890 when Henry Wadsworth retired and Sullivan renamed the company "Forehand Arms". After Sullivan's death in 1898 the company foundered and was taken over by Hopkins & Allen in 1902.

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