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Rare Engraved Bacon Hopkins Patent Navy Revolver
.38 caliber with swing out cylinder
A Hopkins Patent...serial number 69
Manufactured in 1862
Only 300 Manufactured - SOLD


The engraving is bordered and back-ground; about 300 were made before Smith & Wesson's lawsuit put the gun out of production. It is considered to be the first swing-out cylinder made. Fewer than half of those made were engraved. The gun measures 13-inches in overall length, and the barrel measures 6.5-inches in length.

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