Replica of a five shot revolver pistol. Made from metal with a brown coloured ?plastic handle. It is incised with a foliate design beside the trigger. The barrel is octagonal in section. [AB [OPS Move] 30/5/2017]

Collection type: Object
Description: Replica of a five shot revolver pistol. Made from metal with a brown coloured ?plastic handle. It is incised with a foliate design beside the trigger. The barrel is octagonal in section. [AB [OPS Move] 30/5/2017]
Long description: Adams solid frame, double acting, five shot revolver.
Geographical reference: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Europe > Northern Europe > United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; Spain
Europe > Southern Europe > Spain
Cultural groups: English
Person: Maker Robert Adams; Field collector Unknown Collector; PRM source Robert Oliver
Date / Period: Date made: Circa 1852-1855
Date collected: By 1988
Acquisition information: Donated: 1988
Materials and processes: Material Metal, Material Plastic Synthetic, Process Forged (Metal), Process Moulded, Process Incised
Dimensions: Width: max 36 mm, Height: max 145 mm, Length: max 315 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1988.26.15
Research and responses: First patented in 1851 and made in various calibres, 0.31 in., 0.36 in., 0.45 in.. At one time the only serious competitor to Samuel Colt's virtual monopoly of the revolver market. Manufactured in London originally by Deane-Adams-Deane but later became the Adams-Beaumont company. Producing a single and double action. This weapon was finally adopted by the British Army in 1868, but some of the earliest Adams were used in the Crimea and later in the American civil war, mainly by confederate owners. Reproduction made in Spain. [MdA]
See biographies for more information about Robert Adams and this type of revolver [AP 09/05/2007]

Search terms: Firearm Weapon, Reproduction, Firearm