Original Civil War Era Metropolitan Arms Co. "1851 Navy" .36cal Percussion Revolver - Serial 3254 Snider Rifles & Bayonets The Serial number on the

The Serial number on the lower receiver tang 194693A denotes year of manufacture as 1886

The barrel wedge escutcheons are made from Silver

The blade has seen use and cleaning over the years to remove oxidation

but is cracked and slightly torn with missing nearly all the fingers

and looks to have had some restoration done at some point

Original Civil War Era Metropolitan Arms Co. "1851 Navy" .36cal Percussion Revolver - Serial 3254 Snider Rifles & Bayonets The Serial number on theOriginal Item: Only One Available. Here we have a very nice "1851 Navy" model percussion revolver, made by the Metropolitan Arms Company of New York City. Established in February 1864, the company mainly manufactured copies of Colt Model 1851 and 1861 Navy Revolvers, as well as copies of Colt Model 1862 Police Revolver. Two of the firm's principle officers were Samuel and William Syms (formerly of Blunt & Syms) and it is believed that they were