3rd Model Tranter Double Action
A good example of the 3rd Model Tranter Double Action percussion pistol. Solid frame, double trigger 54 bore revolver with 15cm (6") barrel, five-shot cylinder bearing London proof marks, hinged loading arm screwed to frame with unclear serial number to right frame and marked 'TRANTER' to cocking trigger; foliate engraved frame and chequered wood grip. Clean chambers and barrel with 5 lands and grooves
The third evolution of this popular revolver, this model had a more streamlined frame and the rammer was secured to the frame with a screw.
The double trigger Tranter was a popular model carried by British officers in Crimea, as well as with Confederate officers in the American Civil War. Allan Pinkerton, the Scottish born founder of the most famous detective agency in America carried two Tranters and is said to have armed his men with Tranter double trigger revolvers
Provenance:
Acquired from Michael J Noble Ltd, 2015.
The Kusmirek Collection, UK.
A good example of the 3rd Model Tranter Double Action percussion pistol. Solid frame, double trigger 54 bore revolver with 15cm (6") barrel, five-shot cylinder bearing London proof marks, hinged loading arm screwed to frame with unclear serial number to right frame and marked 'TRANTER' to cocking trigger; foliate engraved frame and chequered wood grip. Clean chambers and barrel with 5 lands and grooves
The third evolution of this popular revolver, this model had a more streamlined frame and the rammer was secured to the frame with a screw.
The double trigger Tranter was a popular model carried by British officers in Crimea, as well as with Confederate officers in the American Civil War. Allan Pinkerton, the Scottish born founder of the most famous detective agency in America carried two Tranters and is said to have armed his men with Tranter double trigger revolvers
Provenance:
Acquired from Michael J Noble Ltd, 2015.
The Kusmirek Collection, UK.
A good example of the 3rd Model Tranter Double Action percussion pistol. Solid frame, double trigger 54 bore revolver with 15cm (6") barrel, five-shot cylinder bearing London proof marks, hinged loading arm screwed to frame with unclear serial number to right frame and marked 'TRANTER' to cocking trigger; foliate engraved frame and chequered wood grip. Clean chambers and barrel with 5 lands and grooves
The third evolution of this popular revolver, this model had a more streamlined frame and the rammer was secured to the frame with a screw.
The double trigger Tranter was a popular model carried by British officers in Crimea, as well as with Confederate officers in the American Civil War. Allan Pinkerton, the Scottish born founder of the most famous detective agency in America carried two Tranters and is said to have armed his men with Tranter double trigger revolvers
Provenance:
Acquired from Michael J Noble Ltd, 2015.
The Kusmirek Collection, UK.