Original 19th Century U.S. Manufactured J.R. Cooper Style Underhammer Pepperbox Percussion Revolver Serial 86 - circa 1850 U.S. Marines USMC Understanding your country’s own armor

Understanding your country’s own armor capabilities and armaments is one thing

Helmet still retains the size 7 tag

It is fitted with an 8" smooth bore barrel of approximately

Really one of the better examples we have seen of these

Original 19th Century U.S. Manufactured J.R. Cooper Style Underhammer Pepperbox Percussion Revolver Serial 86 - circa 1850 U.S. Marines USMC Understanding your country’s own armorOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a truly lovely example of the unusual system known as the "PEPPERBOX". They were so named because the muzzle is similar in appearance to the business end of a Pepper Pot from the the early days of Queen Victoria: a circle of round holes. All six barrels are contained in one solid "tube" or cylinder of steel revolving as a unit. The system was quickly superseded with the design of the traditional revolver,