Though expensive at $200.00 each, the revolver was very popular in the Southern states at the time and when the Civil War broke out, the Confederate government bought quantities of British arms. An astute and successful businessman, he also licensed other arms manufacturers, retailers and importers to act as his agents in the manufacture and sale of his products at home and abroad. Tranter produced various models of his all-iron, combination single-action, double-action, cap and ball percussion revolvers in Birmingham, England during the last half of the 19 th century. In 1856, Tranter entered his weapon in a firearms test sponsored by the British Army and won a government contract for his new type of revolver. Presented is an original, English, double-trigger, Second Model Tranter revolver, and the invention of British gunmaker William Tranter of Birmingham, England.
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