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Tranter revolver 54 bore.

Detta var en mycket populär revolver i ciwilwar på sydstats sidan.

De hade ingen egen tillverkning så de flesta vapen importerades från Belgien Frankrike och framförallt England.

Revolvern är i bra bruksskick och väl så samlarvärdig i detta skick.

Trumman ser bra ut både på insida och utsida.Nipplarna är löstagbar.

Låset till trummacel fungerar,även friläget fungerar fint med fjädern på v sida.

Man drar med långfingret i den undre avtryckaren och skjuter med pekfingret.

Detta går riktigt fort så revolvern är att betrakta som både singel och double action.

Greppet och nätskärningen är i gott skick.All gravyr på revolvern ser bra ut.

Trumman har diverse Engelska acceptansstämplar.

Kornet är på pipan är ställbart (laxat)

En vettig revolver i bra bruksskick som garanterat tjänstegjort i kriget mellan nord och sydstatare.

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Antique Tranter Revolvers are double action cap and ball revolvers invented around 1856 by English firearms designer William Tranter, and produced until 1885.

Background & history of production

Early Tranter revolvers modelled themselves on the Robert Adams revolvers, which Tranter had mass-manufactured prior to 1853. His own design therefore based itself on the Adams frame, with a modification in the mechanism Tranter had developed with James Kerr. Therefore the first model was known as the Tranter-Adams-Kerr.

The revolvers were solid-frame designs. Three different models were developed, yet with only one significant change – the attachment of a ramrod. The first model had a detachable ramrod, on the second it was attached by a hook on the fixed barrel, and the third, attached by a screw.

On the double-trigger Tranter revolvers, a second trigger below the trigger guard cocked the gun. The hammer had no spur, and therefore could not be cocked with the thumb. For single action, one must first press the lower trigger to pull the hammer back and rotate the cylinder, then fire with the upper trigger. For rapid fire, both triggers could be pulled simultaneously, making it a double-action weapon.

At the start of the American Civil War, there was an influx of demand for foreign firearms from the Confederate States, who had no access to Northern weapons factories and little manufacturing capabilities of their own. At the start of the war, Tranter was contracted to provide revolvers.

The reliable, functional and proven design of the Tranter revolver proved popular among Confederate soldiers. It was produced in six different calibres, with .36, .44, and .50 the most widely used. Tranter developed a .44 Army model and a .36 Navy model specifically for the U.S. market.

Production of Tranter’s percussion revolvers continued after the civil war ended. Despite the introduction of cartridge based designs, many people stuck with what was familiar and reliable, and thus the popularity of the Tranter persevered.

Tranter secured a patent for rimfire cartridges in England in 1863. He used the same frame as his existing models. He also began to produce centrefire cartridge revolvers, as early as 1868. He opened the Tranter Gun and Pistol Factory in Aston Cross, England, and in 1878 received a contract from the British Army to supply revolvers for the Zulu War. This was the last official use of Tranter revolvers by the British military, and Tranter retired in 1885.