GIBBS TIFFANY UNDER-HAMMER SINGLE SHOT PISTOL - STURBRIDGE, MASS.

GIBBS TIFFANY UNDER-HAMMER SINGLE SHOT PISTOL - STURBRIDGE, MASS.

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Item Code: 1309-140

The pistol offered here is a classic New England style under-hammer pistol manufactured by Gibbs-Tiffany and Company of Sturbridge, Massachusetts. The company was established by Enoch Gibbs and Lucian Tiffany, who had worked as a mechanic all his life. Gibbs-Tiffany and Company operated from approximately 1833 to 1838. During which several thousand of pistols and some "buggy guns" were manufactured.

The pistols manufactured by Gibbs-Tiffany and Company are typical of the majority of under-hammer pistols. Two styles of barrel markings are found on the company's products. The differences are found in the shape of the eagle stamped on the top strap. The most commonly encountered variation (which this gun bears) features an eagle with spread wings as opposed to the folded wing variant.

This pistol is in overall very good condition. The grips are tight and have no cracks. The brass bound front and back straps are in excellent un-polished condition. The barrel length is 6” and measures approximately .32 caliber. The barrel is octagon to round with a single band 2” from the breech. The left side of the barrel is marked "Cast Steel". The top of the barrel is marked “GIBBS TIFFANY & CO/ STURBRIDGE MASS.”. The underside of the barrel is marked “152”, which appears to be a serial number, or at least an assembly number.

The rear of the top strap has the typical “spread wing eagle” marking found in Gibbs and Tiffany pistols. The sides of the strap have a vine style hand engraving with some additional leafy engraving around the strap screw. The rear of the top strap has a simple block-type rear sight. A simple brass blade front sight is soldered on the front, just behind a turned line at the muzzle.

Overall, this is a really nice example of an early American under-hammer pistol. Under-hammer arms can be counted among some of the first truly American deigned arms and are some of the earliest of percussion arms.    [stp][ph:L]

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