My Whitney story.
I had put an ad in the ‘Want To Buy’ section of a Canadian gun forum and got a response
from a dealer that had one. ($1,500 plus shipping costs)
I said that I would need to see good photos that show the condition of the revolver.
He very kindly sent me 27 photos.
Two issues caused me to walk away.(Yesterday)
-No barrel address—probably due to aggressive cleaning.
-The grips looked like replacements---not serial numbered on the underside as they should be.
Apparently this Whitney Navy revolver was purchased years ago at the Baltimore show.
The next five photos show this revolver.
No barrel address.
Serial number 4598.
No serial numbers on the inside of the grips.
This is the Whitney revolver that I tripped over on a Canadian gun Forum that caused me to start looking for one.
The owner's thread dated back to 2017 and the photos shown below are from that thread.
I had been trying to find the owner of this revolver for a week with no luck until I requested help from the forum webmaster.
Yesterday I learned that the owner of this Whitney does not want to part with it at this time.
SO---my quest continues!
Some of my reference material.
Location of serial numbers.