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OC Young had a couple of high condition civilian New Armys on his site for quite a while priced almost as high as his Merwin Hulberts in comparable condition.

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It hammered down at $18.5 plus the buyer's vig. F&W New Armys and, as an 75 to 80 percent gun, was the best example known. In John's lot description, he noted that the gun was one of a handfull of known U.S. That gun was 'U.S.' stamped, fully inspected and had inspector/ subinspector cartouhes on its stocks Thus, it was not a test gun but was inspected and purchased as an accepted firearm. New Army was sold at Little John's Auctions in 2006. I don't know when the New Army was tested, but it must have been approved on some level because a U.S. Ordinance trials in 1974 when that Model was tested against the Colt SAA and the Schofield, both of which had been previously tested and adopted by the Ordinance Department. F&W produced the New Army to incorporate modifications to the earlier Old Army model in response to tests of the U.S. If anyone had heard/seen anything else, or knows anyone who collects these then please let me know. David Chicoine doesn't list this revolver in his Gunsmithing Guns of the Old West book but has something in American Gunsmithing on the preceding Old Model Army that I may have to buy. There's a pub over at Cornell Publishing on the F&H company but apparently only 4 pages are devoted to the large frame revolvers - not enough to warrant the $20 price. You read in a bunch of places on the web 'less than 1000 made' but I don't know where that comes from.

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Serial number is on 9 parts - grip frame butt, both wood grips (counted as only 1), side plate, loading gate, hammer, trigger, trigger guard, cylinder, cylinder arbor (the rod that the cylinder turns on) - I'm sure it's on the barrel too but hidden by the frame which would make 10 parts! I think Merwins only have 9 parts marked. You don't see one of these every day - very nicely made large frame revolver - 44 Russian caliber - at least as well-built as Colt, S&W. US Patent 43,851: Improvement in metallic cartridges issued to John C.I know this isn't a S&W but I need help finding out more about it and there isn't a forum for this gun.Marlin Firearms: a history of the guns and the company that made them. Flayderman's Guide to Antique American Firearms and Their Values. Collections of the Worcester Society of Antiquity. In popular culture ДЄ Forehand & Wadsworth British Bull Dog revolver was used in the 1993 movie, Tombstone, by Joanna Pacula while portraying Big Nose Kate. The lawsuit was not paid until after Howe's death and a few weeks before the death of Forehand in 1898.

Howe asked Forehand to bring a lawsuit against the government, and eight years later the company won the suit on behalf of Howe with a judgement of $66,000. Howe had patented an ammunition cartridge in 1864, and the US government infringed upon this design in 1868 with the 'Cup Anvil Cartridge' until the expiration of Howe's patent in 1881.

Howe, against the United States government. The company was involved with a patent infringement lawsuit on behalf of one of their employees, John C. :вЂЉ604ДЇorehand's sons ran the business for several years following the death of their father, then sold it in 1902 to Hopkins & Allen, who had been making Forehand Arms' revolvers under contract. Other offerings included derringers, :вЂЉ381 rifles, :вЂЉ560 and shotguns. The company manufactured a variety of black powder and cartridge revolvers, including several versions of the British Bull Dog revolver. In 1902, the company was acquired by Hopkins and Allen. It operated under the name Forehand Arms Company until the death of Sullivan Forehand in 1898. In 1890, Henry Wadsworth retired, and the company name was changed to Forehand Arms Company. ДЇrom 1871-1890, the firm was known as Forehand and Wadsworth. Wadsworth sold his share of the company to Forehand in 1890 in order to retire, and the company was rebranded as Forehand Arms. Wadsworth founded Forehand & Wadsworth from the remnants of Ethan Allen & Company after the death of their father-in-law, Ethan Allen.

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