Original U.S. Antique Smith & Wesson Model 1 3rd Issue Revolver in .22 Short - Serial 81232 British Machine Guns It is interesting to note

It is interesting to note that this is just about the highest bespoke tailoring available in the USA during the First World War period and yet this guy in fact was only a staff sergeant

Hougoumont's Pistol" so we got it with our opening bid

some 17 years and two months after the pistol had initially seen action in World War II

There is no Maker's mark or signature of place of origin marked anywhere on the gun

and function correctly

Original U.S. Antique Smith & Wesson Model 1 3rd Issue Revolver in .22 Short - Serial 81232 British Machine Guns It is interesting to noteOriginal Item: Only One Available. The Smith & Wesson Model 1 was the first firearm manufactured by Smith & Wesson, with production spanning the years 1857 through 1882. It was the first commercially successful revolver to use rimfire cartridges instead of loose powder, musket ball, and percussion caps. It is a single action, tip up revolver holding seven . 22 Short black powder cartridges. During the production run it was issued 3 times, with