During the mid 1860s, this small pocket revolver was one of some 20,000 such handguns produced by New York City’s Eagle Arms Company, the main production facility for the Plant Manufacturing Company headquartered in New Haven, Connecticut.   The vintage, Civil War handgun, is often referred to as the Front Loading Pocket Model Plant. Built on a solid frame, this good-looking revolver is fitted for a .30 caliber rimfire round in a six-shot cylinder matched to a 3½” long octagonal ribbed barrel. Barrel address reads “EAGLE ARMS CO. NEW YORK”.

The brass frame, silver-plated revolver displays no original bluing on the barrel or cylinder, which now display areas of dark oxidation on the surface. A sliding ejector rod is mounted on the frame directly behind the cylinder.   Sidearm bears serial # 7248 on the flat butt while the plain cylinder holds a strong stamping that reads “PATENTED. JULY 12, 1859 & JULY 21, 1863”. A fine set of two-piece, rosewood grips adorn the butt profile. In mechanically strong condition, the revolver features a mellow sheen overall. Screws good.

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