Morphy

[Avlrc]

Morphy's has  some "different" stuff this time.

Little Ohio Rifle.
 http://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/31182562_td-bartley-half-stock-short-rifle

A little rifle that is part Kentucky & Part Six-gun  
http://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/31182602_nichols-and-child-percussion-revolving-rifle

[Robert Wolfe]

Thanks, interesting stuff.

Looks like the lock is a replacement on the Ohio rifle.

[JTR]

Thanks Avirc!
I'll take the revolver!

John

[Bill-52]

With respect to the revolving cylinder rifle, there were traditional longrifle gun makers that went down this path of evolution.  One such gunsmith, Daniel Shell, Dauphin County, an example of whose work is in the Library (http://americanlongrifles.org/forum/index.php?topic=8550.0), is reported to have signed a 5-shot, .48 caliber "Kentucky style revolving rifle" in which the cylinder is rotated by hand. 

I came across this note when researching Daniel Shell but have never been able to learn anything more.

Bill

[hammer]

Barrel cut back to just ahead of what was the middle thimble?
Peter.

[Shreckmeister]

Anybody on the forum from western PA planning to attend?  Need somebody to place a bid for me.
I will be in a function all day and can't phone bid either.

[Kermit]

Can someone explain what I think I'm seeing in the wide cylinder-barrel gap? I'm thinking I wouldn't want to be shooting that thing.

[Avlrc]

I think the cylinder is not in the proper position. You can see in pic 3,  the hammer if it would fall would be ahead of the primer. So the cylinder needs to be farther forward. Either that or it was designed to kill on both sides as well.