Neues Rätsel. Nicht immer von Corrado

[John Gun]

was ist das für ein Ding ?

Ich weis es. 8)

[fritzig]

Ähhhh, ein oller Perkussionsrevolver ?

[Califax]

Amerikanisch. Bürgerkrieg.

[Califax]

41 Cal. Butterfield Army Revolver

A pellet primed revolver made 1861-62. Made on contract for the 5th NY Cavalry. A contract for 2280 Butterfield revolvers was given to Jesse Butterfield of Phila PA in the fall of 1861. Due to a misunderstanding about the contract production was stopped after approx 640 revolvers were made. The US Govt did not accept delivery of nor pay for these revolvers. Some were privately purchased by members of the 5th NY.

A patent was granted to Jesse S. Butterfield of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in September of 1855 for a pellet or "wafer-primer" mechanism, as contained within this weapon. A cylindrical pellet magazine is inserted into the frame by unscrewing the pronounced thumb screw located forward of the trigger guard. Thin copper-clad priming pellets loaded within are driven upward by means of a spring- loaded follower and are thrown forward over the nipple by the action of the hammer. The falling hammer would meet and crush the pellet as it flew forward and landed at the nipple! Neat trick! This saved putting percussion caps on the nipples and or removing them after firing.

All Butterfield revolvers were produced prior to late spring of 1862. A number of them were made based on the assumption that a large amount would be purchased by the Fifth New York Cavalry Regiment - about 2,000 of them or more. Unfortunately for Butterfield, no official order was rewarded. ( this probably was ultimately of benefit to the 5th NY Cavalry however). No one knows how many of Butterfield's revolvers were produced. Based on known serial numbers, at most there were 800. However, some experts put the exact number of this secondary martial at 640. The serial number of the pictured specimen is 195. None of these guns were known to be stamped with U. S. proofs or inspector initials, but many undoubtedly saw service during the Civil War.

The marking on this gun are as follows: Top Strap " BUTTERFIELD'S /PATENT DEc 11, 1855/PHILADa" in three lines. On the bottom of the brass butt strap and in the bottom of each wood grip is the serial number.

This single action weapon is 13-3/4" long over all. The octagonal barrel is 7" and the cylinder is 1-11/16" long. It weighs 2 pounds, 10 ounces. The hammer is centrally located. It has, as mentioned, a special disc priming mechanism with it's loading aperture just forward of the trigger guard. The two-piece varnished black walnut grips are heavily flared at the bottom. The frame, primer housing, oval trigger guard and grip strap are bronze. The pictured revolver shows indication that the bronzed parts were once silver plated. The barrel and cylinder were originally blued with the loading lever and hammer being cased hardened.

A picture of the unscrewed thumb screw and loading spring

Quellen:

1. Absatz: http://www.angelfire.com/pa2/Stump45/revolver.html

Alles übrige: http://armscollectors.com/mgs/butwhat_and_who.htm

(Man muss nur wissen, wo man suchen muss - und dass John Gun ein Civil-War-Western-Fan ist, ist ja kein Geheimnis.)

[Hollowpoint]

Dem Ding sieht aber äußerst suspekt aus!

Da hätte ich mich aber lieber auf ein COLT-Modell verlassen!

GRUß

[John Gun]

Der Preis geht an Califax. Er hat es erkannt

Ich schick Dir den Gutschein für einmal Pinkeln im deutschem Wald.

[Califax]

Ist aber ein echt interessantes Teil mit origineller Technik!