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Manhattan .28 caliber "pepperbox" percussion pistol, marked left side of hammer "Manhattan F.A. Mfg. Co, New York", and "Cast Steel" to side of barrels; engraving to sides, original wood grips; action cycles as it should. Serial # 92 on cylinder, frame and mainspring. Bore measures .31; overall 7 1/2" L. As this is an antique black powder firearm, no FFL is necessary.
Note: Walter Matson Cline (1873-1941) was a Chattanooga, TN, photographer and preeminent historian and collector of muzzle loading firearms. His book "the Muzzle-Loading Rifle Then and Now" became the authority on the history of black powder firearms when it was published in 1942, shortly after his death. The National Muzzle Loading Rifle Association, of which Cline was an early member, is headquartered in Friendship, IN, and is home to the Walter Cline shooting range.
PROVENANCE: By descent from the estate of Walter M. Cline, Chattanooga, Tennessee.
CONDITION: Trigger guard absent, scattered pitting and oxidation to exterior and bore.
