A RARE CASED 32 BORE ADAMS PATENT DOUBLE ACTION PERCUSSION REVOLVING RIFLE BY DEANE ADAMS AND DEANE, 30 KING WILLIAM STREET, LONDON BRIDGE, NO. 7307R, CIRCA 1855
with browned twist octagonal sighted barrel fitted with blued folding back-sight calibrated to 300 yards, numbered '127' on the left of the breech, scroll-engraved blued frame signed on the top-strap, fitted with shield on the right, and blued safety-spring on the left, blued cylinder retained by a blued sliding lug, the hammer enclosed within a scroll-engraved case-hardened block behind the cylinder, figured walnut half-stock, chequered grip, engraved blued steel mounts comprising trigger-guard with knurled squared off front, butt-plate with tang, and much early finish throughout: in original fitted oak case lined in green baize, the lid with trade label for 30 King William Street
56 cm; 22in barrel

A relatively small number of these revolving rifles were produced, another, numbered 7756 and 128 is preserved in the Imperial War Museum, London, cat. No. FIR7831. Robert Adams patented his improvements in Rifles and Other Firearms in 1851, patent number 13,527.