Collection Bacon Mfg second model revolver

[archieclement]

Still want a colt, but am least on board with an era revolver now, ding is sleeping and not shot

 

[CowCavalry]

Love it! Who was the manf?

P.S. Ding plays a convincing dead......

 

[JOHN42768]

Looks like they were trying to copy the Colt 1862 Police. I lost my Aussie back in 2018. Still miss him

 

[CowCavalry]

Oh duh, "Bacon", never heard of them, looks very similar to Colt.

 

[JOHN42768]

Oh duh, "Bacon", never heard of them, looks very similar to Colt.

They made lots of variation

 

[archieclement]

Oh duh, "Bacon", never heard of them, looks very similar to Colt.

The 2nd model is five shot .31 cal.
Read they were popular with Union officers. It is bit scaled down as you can see the grip doesn't fill my hand, and i don't have large hands.

Easily would fit in a coat pocket, or in the small of your back. It would be light weight in a holster.

 

[JOHN42768]

The Pettengill although full size is has very small grips and close to the trigger guard.

 

[archieclement]

There's a good small arms museum I toured a couple years ago in Arkansas, was surprised at the number of handguns that were small by today's standards.

Saunders museum in Berryville, east of Pea Ridge Battlefield

Saunders Museum: Best Kept Ozark Secret

It is fairly rare for some museums to display guns. Most are associated with cowboys or wars, but aren't the focus. But the Saunders Museum in Berryville, Arkansas has one of the best collections of guns around. If you like old guns, this should be a destination.

www.gunsamerica.com

 

[bayonet]

Still want a colt, but am least on board with an era revolver now, ding is sleeping and not shot View attachment 462583

Nice. Mine is serial #187 and has a etching of a Tree and Deer (or Elk) on the cylinder unlike your fluted cylinder.

 

[UCVRelics]

Nice looking Bacon, Congrats. I know Ding well and he would shoot first.

 

[Rusk County Avengers]

Nice Bacon and congratulations! Ding if shot would proclaim "No one kills me and lives" I bet if shot. Which with that .31 ball, he'd have plenty of fight left.

 

[Trooper "D"]

Still want a colt, but am least on board with an era revolver now, ding is sleeping and not shot View attachment 462583

Nice piece. Thanks for sharing. That company is new to me.

 

[Papabyrd]

Bacon also made several small 32 rim fire single shot boot guns. They loaded by backing the hammer then pulling the barrel to the left.
The barrel would swing to the left exposing the chamber for loading then push the barrel to the right to close the action. The bottom revolver and the single shot above it on the far left and the single shot with the brass frame on the bottom right are all Bacon's

 

[JOHN42768]

Great group

 

[Mark A]

Nice Bacon Pocket. Great looking scroll engraving on your revolver. Bacon made very good and serviceable handguns. I own Bacon Pocket s/n 6 with a six inch barrel.

 

[Mark A]

The Pettengill although full size is has very small grips and close to the trigger guard.

While the Bacon Pocket grip is small @JOHN42768 is spot on in regard to the Pettengill grip. It is ergonomically one of the worst grip designs ever for a handgun. Positioning your hand toward the bottom of the Pettengill's grip, so that you can correctly operate the trigger with your index finger, means that you can only get two fingers on the wood grip.

Pettengill Army Revolver

Pettengill Belt Revolver

Repositioning one's hand to get more fingers on the wood forces you to change your hand's angle on the revolver which causes you to block the rear sight with your thumb and it is literally impossible to reach and operate the trigger with your Index finger.

Army Revolver

Belt Revolver

Amazingly IIRC with all of the complaints about the Pettengill nearly 100 Pettengill revolvers were purchased at the end of the War, during muster out, by the soldiers who actually used them.

 

[CowCavalry]

All of which might explain why that Pettingill revolver is in such immaculate condition; it never got used!

 

[CowCavalry]

It reminds me of one of those nightmares where you are under attack, find a gun, yet cannot get it to function.

 

[JOHN42768]

While the Bacon Pocket grip is small @JOHN42768 is spot on in regard to the Pettengill grip. It is ergonomically one of the worst grip designs ever for a handgun. Positioning your hand toward the bottom of the Pettengill's grip, so that you can correctly operate the trigger with your index finger, means that you can only get two fingers on the wood grip.

Pettengill Army Revolver
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Pettengill Belt Revolver
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Repositioning one's hand to get more fingers on the wood forces you to change your hand's angle on the revolver which causes you to block the rear sight with your thumb and it is literally impossible to reach and operate the trigger with your Index finger.

Army Revolver
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Belt Revolver
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Amazingly IIRC with all of the complaints about the Pettengill nearly 100 Pettengill revolvers were purchased at the end of the War, during muster out, by the soldiers who actually used them.

Good photos showing just how terrible it is to handle.

 

[archieclement]

While the Bacon Pocket grip is small @JOHN42768 is spot on in regard to the Pettengill grip. It is ergonomically one of the worst grip designs ever for a handgun. Positioning your hand toward the bottom of the Pettengill's grip, so that you can correctly operate the trigger with your index finger, means that you can only get two fingers on the wood grip.

Pettengill Army Revolver
View attachment 467139

Pettengill Belt Revolver
View attachment 467140

Repositioning one's hand to get more fingers on the wood forces you to change your hand's angle on the revolver which causes you to block the rear sight with your thumb and it is literally impossible to reach and operate the trigger with your Index finger.

Army Revolver
View attachment 467141

Belt Revolver
View attachment 467142

Amazingly IIRC with all of the complaints about the Pettengill nearly 100 Pettengill revolvers were purchased at the end of the War, during muster out, by the soldiers who actually used them.

Maybe they were useful with low recoil loads for some purpose?