Original Scarce U.S. Civil War Era .36 Caliber Tranter "Treble Action" Percussion Revolver Serial 31447T Retailed By A. B. Griswold & Company New Orleans Antique Guns but before reaching his destination

but before reaching his destination the motor of his DH machine went bad

so it probably stretched quite a bit during its service life

a well-known maker of the time

The back of the scabbard is personalized with G 8934 scratched into the scabbard body

probably from service

Original Scarce U.S. Civil War Era .36 Caliber Tranter "Treble Action" Percussion Revolver Serial 31447T Retailed By A. B. Griswold & Company New Orleans Antique Guns but before reaching his destinationOriginal Item: Only One Available. The Tranter revolver was a double action cap & ball revolver invented around 1856 by English firearms designer William Tranter (1816 1890). Originally operated with a special dual trigger mechanism (one to rotate the cylinder and cock the gun, a second to fire it) later models employed a single trigger mechanism much the same as that found in the contemporary Beaumont Adams revolver. Early Tranter revolvers were