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BAVARIAN PERCUSSION REVOLVER BY REINHARD STAHL

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This five-shot percussion has a robust solid frame reminiscent of Adams revolvers and a loading assembly like a Colt. It is profusely engraved with floral vines and scrolls on the frame and hammer, with shorter floral motifs on the loading lever and buttstrap, and is marked on the top strap “R. STAHL IN HASSFURT” with a floral spray at the front. The cylinder is plain. The frame is steel gray shading to brown in places. The barrel, loading lever and cylinder show some thin blue. The metal is generally smooth but with some small light pitting on the lower forward frame. The grip has good color, surface showing some dings on the butt, and narrow shrinkage gaps along the frame.

This is single action, with a half-cock and full-cock position for the hammer. There is a worn or broken trigger spring which allows the trigger to flop back and forth. Because of this, the hammer is does not hold at half- or full-cock without holding the trigger forward. Caliber of these is usually given as 9mm, roughly equivalent to .36 caliber.

Stahl tried to interest his government, but the pistol was rejected in trials and Stahl was unsuccessful in obtaining contracts. The left grip is stamped 1863, with the last digit a little blurred, but clear enough to encourage someone not very long ago to stamp “28TH REG NC CSA” on the underside of the barrel. It is an interesting pistol nonetheless. [jet][ph:L]

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