Artefact
Artefact
Credit Line
Collection of Auckland Museum Tamaki Paenga Hira, W1889
Primary Maker
Place
Date
Circa 1870
Associated Notes
W Tranters 1868 Patent rimfire saloon pistol or gallery pistol, post 1868
William Tranter of Birmingham, born 1816, was a leading nineteenth-century English gun maker, , especially well-known for the Tranter revolver.
Thomas Williams of South Castle Street Liverpool has been noted as a retailer, rather than maker, of Tranter pistols
Period
Signature/marks
230 (firearm serial number)
Media
Measurement Description
overall length: 284 mm
barrel length: 195 mm
height: 116 mm
cal. 6 mm (.22 inch)
Measurement Reading
Classification
Last Update
11 Oct 2023
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