This arrived today, looking more than a little tired. I’ve given it a gentle clean with some oil and fire wool and it is now looking a bit better. It is pretty much complete but has obviously had a hard life, there is a fair bit of pitting on the other side, evidence someone has put the trigger pins back in rather carelessly with a hammer and it appears about an inch has been removed from the end of the barrel.

The numbering on the breach and frame match (29U) so they were presumably fitted together originally but the fit it not great and the seal between the cylinder and barrel is almost non-existent. I’ve fitted a new leather piston seal (no trace of the original or the screw which held it in place) and a dart will now leave the barrel, but only just.

The finish appears to be nickel plating, were these originally available with this finish or has it been done later?