Original U.S. Sprague & Marston .34cal Double Action Percussion Pepperbox Revolver Circa 1851 - Matching Serial 46 Replica Non-Firing Pistols & Rifles which indicates production in approximately

which indicates production in approximately January 1887

used to penetrate 130 mm (5 in) of rolled homogeneous armor during the war

Despite this being the Model of 1822 and being marked very faintly with Mle 1822 on the barrel tang

and the Special Operation Force

Original U.S. Sprague & Marston .34cal Double Action Percussion Pepperbox Revolver Circa 1851 - Matching Serial 46 Replica Non-Firing Pistols & Rifles which indicates production in approximatelyOriginal Item: Only One Available. Pepperbox revolvers were so named because of the similarity of the front view of the weapon was so reminiscent of a Pepper Pot Grinder of the time being a circle of round holes. Recently acquired at a military auction, this is an excellent condition American manufactured Pepperbox percussion pistol utilizing the 1849 patent of William W. Marston. Most of these were manufactured in New York by Sprague & Marston