NECESSARY BOX WITH TWO HILL'S PANTED SELF EXTRACTOR REVOLVERS United Kingdom, 19th century

BOX SET WITH TWO HILL'S PANTED SELF EXTRACTOR REVOLVERS
United Kingdom, 19th century
Steel and wood
Box 32 x 19cm
Revolver N°1: Caliber 380
Octagonal barrel, rifled bore, dovetailed half-moon front sight, marked on top right side: HILL'S PATENT N°257, and on the upper left: THE STANLEY, with two control marks.
Closed carcass, marked on the right side: JOINT PATENT & Co and numbered C22802 with control stamp; the left side is marked TRADE MARK, with the winged hourglass sigil surmounted by the initials Hill'S.
Single and double action.
Key release by push-button and upward tilt. The system allows collective extraction by means of a clamp fixed to the top with the jaws pushing the extractor. Punched six-chamber cylinder.
Finely checkered walnut stock plates; stock cap fitted with a piton-mounted ring.
Revolver N°2: Caliber 450
Octagonal barrel, rifled bore, dovetailed half-moon front sight, marked on top right side: HILL'S PATENTSELF EXTRACTOR.
Closed frame; single and double action.
Key release by push-button and upward tilt. The system allows collective extraction by means of a clamp fixed to the top with the jaws pushing the extractor.
Punched six-chamber cylinder.
Finely checkered walnut stock plates; stock cap fitted with a piton-mounted ring.
Both revolvers are in excellent condition, with 100% nickel-plated finish.
Screwed walnut case with brass button. The interior is lined with blue felt, and the inside of the lid retains its original label. Lock with key. It contains a grease pot and a cleaning rod.
The configuration of this box certainly makes it unique.
This collective extraction system was patented by Stanley Hill in the early 1870s.
Order no.: 6417
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According to article L311-2 of the French Code de la sécurité intérieure, this collector's weapon is classified as a Category D collector's weapon. It is free to acquire and hold. We remind you that their sale is forbidden to minors.

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