Antique Cartridge Pistols, Handguns & Revolvers for Sale

Some of our most collectable antique pistols and handguns can be found in our cartridge pistols and revolvers category. These antique pistols for sale include everything from U.S. Navy models to Webleys from across the pond to Continental rarities from France, Belgium, and Germany. Since our inventory is always changing, make sure to check our new arrivals page whenever you think about your next gun.

Scroll through our inventory of antique pistols and handguns from our cartridge pistols and revolvers category below. You can also browse other antique pistols for sale or additional categories as diverse as Colts, Winchesters, and antique long guns.

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Stevens Model 43 “Diamond”...

Stevens Model 43 “Diamond” tip-up 2nd Issue .22...

Price $575.00
Stevens Model 43 “Diamond” tip-up 2nd Issue .22 caliber pistol. Bore is worn and has rifling with light pitting. Action works perfectly. Serial range 25xxx. Exterior of the pistol is near excellent with 100% original nickel. Grips are near excellent. Barrel has approximately 95% blue with light fading. Very fine Model 43 Stevens.
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Factory Engraved...

Factory Engraved Whitneyville revolver. (AH4699)

Price $495.00
Factory Engraved Whitneyville revolver. Made in the 1870’s. This is a nice sharp gun with 60% of the original nickel. The greatest concentration of loss is on the frame. Grips are excellent.
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Harrington & Richardson Top...

Harrington & Richardson Top Break Revolver...

Price $595.00
Harrington & Richardson Top Break revolver. 1st model with the fancy scroll work design hard rubber grips. This gun rates excellent with 95% of the original finish. Good case colors on the hammer.
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Beautiful and Very Well...

Beautiful and Very Well Made “Velo Dog” Style...

Price $950.00
Beautiful and very well made “Velo Dog” style revolver. The top strap is marked “MFG by Order of Vernier A Marseilles”. The top flat is also inlaid in gold with the name “LeBeltue”. This was the gun maker. Vernier A Marseilles was the person who embellished deluxe guns in Marseilles, France. He did the engraving, plating, and grips. This is a very fine and unusual “Velo Dog” style revolver with...
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Hopkins & Allen Ranger No....

Hopkins & Allen Ranger No. 2 .32 Rimfire (AH4688)

Price $395.00
Hopkins & Allen Ranger No. 2 .32 Rimfire caliber revolver. Factory Engraved in the typical H&A style. Ivory grips. Finish rates at about 50%. Nice antique ivory grips!
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Merwin and Hulbert .38...

Merwin and Hulbert .38 (AH4677)

Price $2,350.00
Merwin and Hulbert .38 caliber revolver. 38 Caliber with a 3½” length barrel. Factory engraved. Gun has floral and geometric engraved patterns and a bird on a tree limb on the left side of the frame. Backstrap engraved “Carrie” Gun has approximately 75-80% original nickel. Beautiful pearl grips of a later period but fits and looks great! So, who was “Carrie”. A girlfriend or possibly a...
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Scarce Forehand & Wadsworth...

Scarce Forehand & Wadsworth Old Model Army .44...

Price $1,895.00
Scarce Forehand & Wadsworth Old Model Army .44 caliber revolver. .44 Russian caliber with a 7½” barrel. This gun has a dark gray patina on metal. Grips are very good. Gun locks up tight and works perfectly. Bore is very good overall, some light pitting, but very strong rifling.            
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Lee Arms Co. “Red Jacket...

Lee Arms Co. “Red Jacket No. 4” .32 (AH4668)

Price $645.00
Lee Arms Co. “Red Jacket No. 4” .32 Caliber revolver. Wilkes Barre Pennsylvania manufacture “Red Jacket no. 4”. Gun is unfired and is in mint perfect as new condition with 100% original finish and pearl grips. Caliber is .32 S&W rimfire.
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Beautifully Engraved...

Beautifully Engraved Belgian Velo Dog Revolver...

Price $795.00
Beautifully Engraved Belgian Velo Dog Revolver. Approximately 7mm caliber. 5-Shot revolver. This revolver is unmarked as to maker but has Belgian proofs. The engraving is intricate and very well done. The hammer is unusual in that the “spur” is conical shape. Grips are rosewood. Action works perfectly. Very fine Velo Dog.
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Moore Teat Fire Revolver...

Moore Teat Fire Revolver (AH4672)

Price $1,475.00
Moore Teat Fire Revolver. The steel parts are elaborately etched with leaf and scroll patterns with floral and scroll motif on punch dot background. Very good overall condition. Scarce Example with engraved and etched features. Action works perfectly.
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Tribuzio Ring Trigger Palm...

Tribuzio Ring Trigger Palm pistol 7mm (AH4664)

Price $2,650.00
Tribuzio Ring Trigger Palm pistol 7mm. Manufactured by Catello Tribuzio in Torin, Italy. Circa 1890. The pistol has an internal “box” magazine. Grips are rosewood. Action works perfectly. Many examples of these have broken mechanisms which are very hard to repair. This one works perfectly. Serial# 087. Bore has excellent rifling and is mostly bright. Very fine example of an “oddity” pistol....
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Starr Conversion Civil War...

Starr Conversion Civil War Revolver (AH4648)

Price $1,875.00
Starr Conversion Civil War Revolver. Single Action model. Bore is very good plus. Gun has approximately 60-65% blue. Action works perfectly. This is a hard to find Civil War revolver converted to cartridge after the Civil War.
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Merwin & Hulbert Early...

Merwin & Hulbert Early Large Frame Model...

Price $1,575.00
Merwin & Hulbert Early Large Frame Model with “Scoop” Cylinder. Cylinder is bored straight through so it appears to be .44 Russian. Left side of frame is marked “Cal 44”. Bore is good with strong rifling and light corrosion in the grooves. The grips are correct M&H grips showing normal wear commensurate with the gun. The action works perfectly. This old soldier has seen a good bit of action but...
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British Made Revolver in...

British Made Revolver in the Style of a...

Price $695.00
British Made Revolver in the Style of a “British Bulldog”. Gun has British “BP and BV” proofs. Gun has no makers name but is a well-made revolver. Bore is good plus to very good. The cylinder has very good original blue. The frame and barrel have some areas of blue but is mostly patina. Grips are nicely checkered and are very good. This is a .44 caliber (probably .44 Bulldog) in nice condition!
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French Pinfire Revolver...

French Pinfire Revolver (AH4642)

Price $650.00
French Pinfire Revolver. Six shots, approximately .30 caliber (7.5mm Pinfire?). Excellent bore. Action works perfectly. Gun has approximately 60-70% blue. The grips are beautifully modeled with flourishing scrolls and fine checkering. Barrel 4” length. 7 ½” overall. No makers mark. No proofs. So, we think it’s French. Well made.
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Factory Engraved Merwin &...

Factory Engraved Merwin & Hulbert .44 (AH4633)

Price $2,750.00
Factory Engraved Merwin & Hulbert .44 caliber revolver. The barrel of this gun has been shortened to 4 ½”. Grips are pearl and have the traces of a Mexican eagle on the right hand side. The eagle has mostly chipped away, but there is enough there to see what it was. The left hand side of the grips also has a chip on the back strap. This is a fairly sharp gun with original nickel still...
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Factory Engraved Merwin &...

Factory Engraved Merwin & Hulbert 4th Model...

Price $1,795.00
Factory Engraved Merwin & Hulbert 4th Model Revolver. Made in the 1880s in .44-40. Gun is factory engraved and has been refinished long ago. Grips are pearl and are original factory grips to the gun. Left hand side has been repaired. Gun is matching and complete!
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Excellent Merwin & Hulbert...

Excellent Merwin & Hulbert Early Model Revolver...

Price $4,950.00
Excellent Merwin & Hulbert Early Model Revolver. Excellent condition gun in .44-40. Has 98% of the original nickel finish. Good case colors on the hammer. The trigger guard has traces of case colors, but has mostly faded to gray. Grips are excellent!
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