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Adams Pattern 1851
| titel | Adams Pattern 1851
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| inventarisnummer | AAA2423
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| collectie | Firearms
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| museum | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich
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| datum | 1851-1855
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| omschrijving | Percussion revolver owned by Captain William Kelly circa 1855. The stock consists of a chequered walnut grip with a steel butt plate incorporating a hinged trap. There is a solid steel frame and steel trigger guard- all lightly decorated with engraved scrolls. The lock is double action- the squeezing of the trigger rotates the five-chambered cylinder- cocks the action and then releases the hammer. The barrel is of octagonal external section- rifled with three grooves. A notched rear sight above and slightly forward of the top of the hammer lines up with a blade foresight. The revolver is in a wooden box with a screwdriver- a nipple wrench- a ramrod- a nipple primer- a steel patch cutter- a ball and bullet mould and a wooden tompion. The revolver is inscribed 'DEANE ADAMS & DEANE (MAKER TO HRH...' (the rest is indistinguishable) and '30 King Wiliam Street- London Bridge'; below the trigger guard '1090'; on the right hand side of the frame 'ADAM'S PATENT 1090'. The brass plate on the lid of the box is inscribed 'Captn Wm Kelly Miles Barton'. Captain William Kelly was a merchant captain who commanded the sailing ship 'MILES BARTON' in 1854. Launched in St John- New Brunswick in 1853 she belonged to J Beazley & Son of Liverpool. She carried passengers to Australia and was wrecked off South Africa February 8th- 1861. Another sailing ship commanded by William Kelly was the 'MERRIE ENGLAND'- launched in 1856. He bought the ship in 1867 and she was later abandoned off Cape Horn. The seven parts are numbered AAA2423.1-7 and can be found via the Whole/Part toggle.
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| afmetingen | Overall: 140 x 280 x 20 mm
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