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    Ethan Allen Bar-Hammer Pepperbox Revolver

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    Medium-frame pepperbox revolvers such as this example, originally sold through a New York retailer, were made by Allen & Thurber in both Connecticut and Massachusetts factories. Production at the Norwich, CT. plant was during the period c. 1842-1847.


    Medium-frame pepperbox revolvers such as this example, originally sold through a New York retailer, were made by Allen & Thurber in both Connecticut and Massachusetts factories.

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