31. "DEFENDER" REVOLVER.L. 6"
A cheap and altogether worthless revolver of the type selling for .75 or $1.00 to gullibles during the period of 1870-1900. From the Crouse Collection.
32. HOPKINS & ALLEN "RANGER NO. 2" REVOLVER.L. 6-1/2"
Nickel-plated, rubber grips, .32 Rim Fire. Peculiar cylinder-pin-catch on side of frame.
33. SINGLE SHOT CARTRIDGE PISTOL.L. 6-1/2"
"Morgan & Clapp, New Haven, Ct.," on top of octagon barrel. Brass frame, barrel swings out to load on pressure on a stud under frame, rosewood grips, rear sight notched in hammer. Presented by Dr. L. M. Nugent, of Altoona.
34. SMALL .22 CALIBRE CARTRIDGE PISTOL.L. 4"
Said to be the smallest cartridge pistol ever made. Barrel swings to side to load. Rare.
35. ALLEN & THURBER PEPPERBOX.L. 7-1/2"
.31 Cal. From the Vaughn Collection.
36. FLINTLOCK POCKET PISTOL.L. 6-1/2"
Checkered and carved grip, round screw-off barrel, center hammer, sliding safety. Frame nicely engraved. French.
37. BELGIAN PERCUSSION POCKET PISTOL.L. 6-1/2"
Octagon barrel.
38. BELGIAN PERCUSSION POCKET PISTOL.L. 6"
Round barrel. Folding trigger. German silver tulip shaped name-plate.
39. AMERICAN PERCUSSION POCKET PISTOL.L. 5-3/4"
Round barrel. Cheap, being made of cast-iron throughout. No marks except a serial number, 736. Peculiarly simple mechanism. Barrel stopped at breech, otherwise good.
40. PHILADELPHIA TYPE DERRINGER.L. 6-1/2"
Engraved German silver mountings. No marks. Almost in new condition.
41. SMALL AMERICAN PERCUSSION POCKET PISTOL.L. 9"
Full stock of curley maple. Hickory ramrod. Barrel is octagon, rifled deeply and about .32 calibre. Brass and German silver mountings. Barrel marked "Fleeger, Allegheny". Lock marked "Howells, Philadelphia." Possibly made for some riverboat captain or river gambler, and may have a bloody history. Rare.
42. U. S. ARMY LUGER AUTOMATIC. 7.65 M/M Cal.L. 9"
Same as No. 72, Shoemaker Collection.
43. U. S. CIVIL WAR NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICER'S SWORD.L. 38-1/2"
Straight blade, bronze hilt, with sheath. Mark; "Emerson & Silver, Trenton, N. J."
44. CAVALRY SABRE.L. 40-1/2"
With scabbard. Bloodstains on guard. Mark; "U. S. 1863".
45. PAIR OF FENCING FOILS.L. 49"
Cup guards, engraved blades, cord-wrapped hilts. Marked "Solingen". From Sibley Collection.
46. DAGGER.L. 14"
Brass cross-guard. Ivory handle, carved in the shape of two clasped hands. Very old, possibly Sixteenth Century. Spanish or Italian.
47. SMALL DAGGER.L. 9"
Ebony handle, brass guard and pommel, sharp five-inch blade. Made by Taylor, of Sheffield, and so marked. From the Crouse Collection.
48. FULL SET OF EQUIPMENT FOR THE PENNA. HOME DEFENSE POLICE.
Blackjack, black-and-white striped armband, badge and whistle. These sets were issued during the World War to a rather ineffectual organization of citizens, supposed to aid in keeping order. At the close of the war, this organization wasdisbanded and the equipment turned in and disposed of. In time, they will become quite rare.
49. BLACKJACK.L. 15"
An old type. Worn and broken in the middle. This blackjack was used by the father of the present owner to beat an improvised bass-drum during a celebration of the election of Governor Pattison in 1882, at Tyrone, Pa., and it was broken at that time.
50. FIVE BULLET MOULDS.
One casting a rifle-ball, sixty-five to the pound. One casting a round ball, about .44 calibre. One casting a ball for the Tryon rifle, No. 2. Two two-bullet moulds, casting round and conical bullets, one for a .36 and the other for a .44 Colt.
51. BRASS TWELVE-BULLET MOULD.L. 11"
Crude and evidently old.
52. POWDER HORN.L. 23"
Fine age-coloring, shading from black and dark brown at tip to gray and orange. Wooden screw-plug in base for filling. An extremely old horn, and rare in this unusual size.
53. ZINC POWDER FLASK.L. 7"
Embossed design. Originally a shotgun flask, but the charger has been re-lined, making it small enough for a revolver or light rifle.
54. OLD PISTOL HORN.L. 6"
Finely polished and colored. Plug in tip is not original, being made of red fibre. Plug in base is of black walnut, neatly turned.
55. POWDER HORN.L. 9-1/2"
This horn was made by myself in 1925, for use with my various muzzle-loading arms. It probably enjoys the distinction of being the last powder horn made in this State for practical use.
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Transcriber's Notes:
The Table of Contents has been added.
The typo concial was changed to conical in:
141. BULLET MOULD.
Crude and evidently homemade. Casts one conical bullet. .36 Cal.