Original British Victorian .36cal Pepperbox Percussion Revolver with Birmingham Proofs - circa 1850 Category_MG 42 Mounts Early service in the Mediterranean

Early service in the Mediterranean and American Revolutionary War

Designed to train airmen in parachute jumping

more specifically

Special Duty Officers were the officers with the rank of Lieutenant or below

The wood handle is in great solid shape with minor scuffs

Original British Victorian .36cal Pepperbox Percussion Revolver with Birmingham Proofs - circa 1850 Category_MG 42 Mounts Early service in the MediterraneanOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a very nice example of the unusual system known as the "PEPPERBOX". The muzzle is similar to the business end of a Pepper Pot of the the early days of Queen Victoria. All six barrels are contained in one solid "tube" or cylinder of steel revolving as a unit. The system was quickly superseded with the design of the traditional revolver, using a rotating chamber and a single barrel in the 1840s 1850s. Pepper