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Pistol   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Thomas Williams; William Tranter
Title
Pistol
Object type Classification: NM3.7865
Description
English: W Tranters 1868 Patent rimfire saloon pistol, post 1868 rimfire; single shot; (.22) inch calibre; saloon pistol; concealed trigger; manual ejector; two-piece chequered grips with steel butt plate markings- on left hand body- TRANTERS - PATENT - 1868 on top of barrel- THOS. WILLIAMS SOUTH CASTLE ST LIVERPOOL left rear of barrel- proof and maker's mark; 230 under left rear of manual ejector- 19 manufacturer Patentee- William Tranter Retailer- Thomas Williams, Liverpool, UK, (1844-92)
Date circa 1870
date QS:P571,+1870-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
; 19th century
Dimensions

length: 284mm
length: 195mm
height: 116mm
width: 28mm
notes: overall length: 284 mm barrel length: 195 mm height: 116 mm cal. 6 mm (.22 inch)

notes: barrel
institution QS:P195,Q758657
Accession number
775586 (object number)
Place of creation England
Credit line Collection of Auckland Museum Tamaki Paenga Hira, W1889
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

Museum Tag: Firearms
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