United Kingdom - Adams - adams double action revolver - Assault - Percussion - Revolver - 54 bore

Adams British large 54 bore double-action revolver victorian proof marks to barrel and cylinder. in very nice condition needs a trigger spring got one with it never tried to fit it hammer spring works fine rare gun for someone who knows something about gunsmithing these pistols sell for 2000 when working At that time there was intense competition between Adams and Colt, which was rapidly expanding its sales and had opened a London factory competing with the British firearms trade, manufacturing firearms with interchangeable parts. The older 1851 and 1854 Adams revolvers were self-cocking, also known as double-action. The Adams revolver was favoured by British officers in the Crimean War and colonial the stopping power of its larger 54 bore (. 442 cal) bullet (compared with their main competitor, the . 36 cal Colt Navy revolvers) , and the speed of the Adams trigger-cocking action for close-quarters fighting (over the more cumbersome Colt