I shoot an original 49 pocket/4", it came to me in an old wood box, mostly dissassembled and the grips looked to have been in a fire. But, the bore was completely plugged with a wood dowel as were the cylinders(no pitting), no nipples but the scene was all there. We think it might of been used as a kids toy at some point, mainly because the metal was not all that beat up and the wood box it came in was a box of school chalk dated 1888. Some teacher probably took it from some kid way back, the box was found in an old school warehouse. I rebuilt it, only thing not an original part is the wedge, recased the frame, hammer and lever and had the blueing redone(no buffing), even had the silver redone(read that I spent way too much money on this gun). It's really pretty and shoots well for what it is.
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