Recent Find Found A Slocum revolver

[Papabyrd]

Added a Neat little Civil War era revolver to my collection the other day. It is a Slocum side loading revolver made by Brooklyn Arms Co.
Smith & Wesson's rights to the Rollin White patent blocked anyone from making a cartridge revolver with a bored through cylinder.
Mr. Slocum found a way around it by making the chambers in the cylinder slide forward for loading and unloading. About 10,000 were made from 1863-64.
it shoots the same 32 rimfire cartridge as the Smith & Wesson number 2 revolver. The rod on the right side of the barrel is the ejector. When you line the chamber up with this pin the chamber can be pushed forward. If there is a hull in the chamber it will be pushed out of the chamber to be dumped out and another bullet dropped into the chamber and slid back in place. When the chambers are lined up to shoot none of the chambers can move forward and works like any other revolver. A very smart man Mr. Slocum. This one has a bonus of having ivory grips.

 

[Doublebarrel]

Very neat these are cool revolvers. Congratulations!

 

[Miker91]

Very neat these are cool revolvers. Congratulations!

I love it. Very nice !

 

[scooter748driver]

Neat little gun. I had an opportunity here to purchase on with my initial and full last name engraved on it. Unfortunately the owner and I could not come to an agreement on price.

 

[Joe Whitworth]

Clever way to get around White's patent.

 

[Story]

That is quite pimp-worthy, and I say that as a compliment