A Very Rare Walch 12-Shot Navy Revolver. Serial No: 108. With octagonal sighted barrel, 12-shot cylinder with corresponding twelve nipples at the rear with two hairs and two triggers in frame. It has iron frame marked on left side "WALCH FIRE ARMS-CO. / NEW-YORK / PATD FEBY. 8. 1859”. Both sides of frame & backstrap are lightly engraved with foliate arabesque patterns. It has 2-pc walnut grips, in good working order overall. 

Notes:

It is a single action revolver and both hammers are cocked simultaneously. The triggers are staggered so that a right handed person will pull the front trigger first, which drops the right hammer and fires the front load. A continuous pull then depresses the left trigger which drops the second hammer and fires the rear load in the chamber. 

Only about 200 of these rare revolvers were ever manufactured in period 1859 into early 1860’s. They were made by the Union Knife Company & by J.P. Lindsay for Walch. They are considered secondary U.S. Martial handguns, although no contracts are known. 

Dimensions:

Bore: .36 Cal

Barrel Length: 6 Inches (15.24 cm)

Total Length: 12 Inches (30.48 cm)