Otis Smith "Smith's Patent", .41 Rim Fire Pocket Revolver $1100
- Category
- Firearms Handguns
- Classification
- No PAL Required
- Action
- Revolver
- Condition
- Excellent
- Manufacturer
- (other)
- Caliber
- 41 RF
- Model
- Otis Smith "Smith's Patent" number 41
- Sight
- Open
- Capacity
- 5
- Hand
- Right Handed or Ambidextrous
Please text anytime 6476871484. Fully functional very smooth action no PAL needed.
Reloadable ammo is available but sold separately.
Otis Smith "Smith's Patent", .41 Rim Fire Pocket Revolver
This pocket revolver is in excellent condition. It shows 95% of its original nickel plating, and vibrant case colors on the cylinder pin, hammer and trigger. The action is strong and accurate, and the cylinder indexes and locks properly. The bore of the 2 3/4 inch barrel is very fine, with sharp rifling . The rosewood grips are excellent and undamaged, with original varnish. SN 3155, rated excellent overall.
History & Background
Otis A. Smith was a prolific maker of small pocket revolvers from about 1874 until the late1880’s. Born in 1836 to Scottish immigrants, Smith worked as a pistol maker for Ira Johnson until 1879. In 1881 Smith bought the property of Ira Johnson’s pistol factory in Rockfall, CT, which had burned to the ground two years earlier. Smith produced his own designs and patents under the Smith name as well as under US Revolver Co., US Arms Co., Maltby-Henly and others. For a while Smith was also a principal shareholder in the Norwich Falls Pistol Co. as well. By the late 1880’s, the market had been flooded with cheap pocket revolvers, and Smith changed his business model to concentrate on farming and gardening implements, and tools. One of the most prominent citizens of Rockfall, Smith built a magnificent mansion in the town, which is still as splendid today as it was then. Smith retired in the early 1920’s and passed away in 1924.
