U.S. Martial Antique Handguns

Scarce Joslyn Army Model .44 caliber revolver. Manufactured in 1861-1862. Serial #135. This example has a brass trigger guard and checkered wood grips. (Does not have flat iron buttcaps.) There is no manufacturers mark on the barrel and the gun appears to be manufactured "in the white". Gun is sharp. Actions works perfectly and grips are excellent. Very fine and scarce Joslyn Army revolver.

Made in 1837. 54 caliber with a 8 ½” barrel. 14” overall length. This gun is virtually untouched and has an even brown patina. Wood is very good with visible cartouches. Action works well!

Made in 1841. 54 caliber with an 8” barrel. Beautiful gun in excellent condition. Metal is in the arsenal bright finish with slight cleaning. Wood is excellent with nice sharp cartouches. Lock is dated 1841 and still retains case colors on the lock....

54 caliber with a 9” barrel. This is a very fine example of a US model 1816 Flintlock pistol. Metal still has 30% of the original tobacco brown finish. Wood is example with nice sharp cartouches. Markings on both lock and barrel are perfectly sharp and...

54 caliber with 9” barrel. Metal has a mottled gray patina with spots of pitting. Wood is very good. Top Jaw is replaced. Action works very well. Good example of an 1816 flintlock!

U.S. Union Army single-action, percussion revolver with 8" barrel. U.S. Inspectors marks on both sides of the grip, with the left side mark being more clearly visible. Revolver has approximately 95% of its original blue. Hammer retains its case coloring. Action works perfectly. Overall a superior condition Civil war Starr.

Dated 1855. 58 caliber with a 12” barrel” Metal has a dark gray patina. Wood is very good. Brass is nicely patinated. This gun is all original with the exception of the door with the eagle over the Maynard tape primer is a very cleverly aged replacement. Bore still has rifling where over half of these guns were bored out to smooth bore. Very nice example of a Springfield...

Dated 1842. 54 caliber with a 8 ½” barrel Metal has been cleaned and has scattered light pitting. Wood shows hard use, but no cracks or chips. This gun has been converted to percussion in a Belgian style. Action works perfect.

Simeon North of Middletown, CT, produced 19,374 Model 1816 Flintlock Pistols for the U.S. Army between 1817 and 1820. The prior Model 1813 was 69 caliber. The caliber of the Model 1816 was reduced to 54. This pistol's 9 1/16" round smoothbore barrel has a very good bore. It is marked P over US at the breech. All the metal is bright with a smooth even very light brown patina. The lock...

58 caliber, 12" barrel, NSN. Iron blade front sight with folding leaf rear sight. Bright finish with single spring-retained brass barrel band. Brass forend cap and trigger guard with iron backstrap and captive ramrod. Barrel marked with "V/P/[eagle]" proofs, counterpane shows illegible inspector...

This Model 1836 flintlock pistol was made by Robert Johnson in Middletown, CT, in 1840. Johnson manufactured approx. 18,000 between 1836 and 1844. The 8.5" round 54 caliber smooth bore barrel has a fine bore. It is marked U S. over JH over an indistinct P at the breech. The left barrel flat has a small H sub-inspection stamp. All the metal is polished bright. The lock is marked U.S. over R....

Dated 1842. 54 caliber with a 8 ½” barrel. This gun has been converted to percussion in the Belgian style. The ramrod is missing. Action works well. Wood is very good with visible cartouche.

Dated 1845. This pistol was made by Ames in Springfield Massachusetts . This gun is in 54 caliber with a 6” round barrel. Metal has a brown to gray patina with a fair amount of handling wear. Wood matches metal. There is some chipping around the lock and a small crack that runs from the lock retaining screw. Action works fine. This gun is a good representative example...

Dated 1846. This gun was made by Ames in Springfield Massachusetts. 54 caliber with a 8 ½” barrel. The barrel on this gun has a gray to brown patina. Barrel still has visible inspectors marks. Lock has a brown patina. Wood is very good. There is some chipping around the lock. Action works perfectly.

U.S. Model 1819 Flintlock Pistol by Simeon North. Lock plate marked 1822 and has a sliding hammer safety which engages on half cock only. Barrel is marked JD, P, U.S., and SNY (tiny letters) for State of New York (Militia)? Lock has the eagle, S. North and partial address Middtn. Conn. This pistol in our opinion is a reconversion. Overall, this old soldier is in pretty good shape. Barrel has...