Original 19th Century U.S. Blunt & Syms Medium Frame Underhammer Percussion Pepperbox Revolver with Ivory Grips - Circa 1850 Cannons & Mortars This is a good replica

This is a good replica example manufactured by the well-known Marushin Industry Co

In the trench warfare of the First World War

probably when being put into reserve

The sleeve is maker marked J

The Brass barrel is in fact a storage compartment for the tinder usually form of open weave flax or other material that would be highly combustible especially with the addition of some accelerant

Original 19th Century U.S. Blunt & Syms Medium Frame Underhammer Percussion Pepperbox Revolver with Ivory Grips - Circa 1850 Cannons & Mortars This is a good replicaOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a truly lovely example of the unusual system known as the "PEPPERBOX". They were so named because the muzzle is similar in appearance to the business end of a Pepper Pot from the the early days of Queen Victoria: a circle of round holes. 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 The system was quickly superseded with the design of the traditional revolver,