On June 27, 1862, Edgar A. Raymond and Charles Robitaille contracted with the federal government for 2,000 of these revolvers. Its' pepperbox mechanism had been patented by C.S. Pettengill of New Haven, Connecticut on July 22, 1856. (exactly 100 years before I was born, to the day!) It was improved by a patent on July 27, 1858 submitted by Edgar A. Raymond and Charles Robitaille of Brooklyn, New York and by a later patent by Henry F. Rodgers of Willow Vale, New York on November 4, 1862. The revolver was manufactured by Rodgers, Spencer & Company at their Willow Vale facilities.
A total of 1,500 Pettengill Army revolvers were delivered to the US Army in 1862 and 501 were delivered in early 1863 making a total of 2,001 guns. However, existing serial numbers, ranging from 1600 to 4600, suggest that 3,000 were actually produced. Perhaps there was a state contract for 1000 guns? In any event these are very scarce antique firearms.
Our gun is overall NRA Good to VG being 100% original and 100% complete. Mechanically it will cock and fire but the cylinder does not index. It will spin freely. The steel is uniformly gun metal grey with legible markings. The grips are banged and bruised but still very solid.

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Good to Very Good