Jacob Shaw UnderHammer, Part 2 - Bottom Chamber, Revolver:

Last night here in The Hurunui it was properly "a braw bricht moonlicht nicht" .. and it FROZE.
- there definitely were no brass monkeys around this morning 😙

- Because of ongoing interest in my first post about the Jacob Shaw Under Hammer ..

https://flicense.blogspot.com/2016/01/jacob-shaw-underhammer-percussion.html

.. about this wee gun - I've tried to take a second look - but I can't find any useful news .. these bottom chamber firing guns are going to remain obscure unless someone out there can find another specimen to examine:

Rock Island Auctions records having sold an engraved model of this innovative cap-n-ball revolver for $8,625 on 8th December 2007 (Lot No. 3198). Sadly there are no images posted on the web site.

Link:  https://www.rockislandauction.com/detail/42/3198/jacob-shaw-underhammer

However, their lot description is detailed and informative .. if only Ian McCollom had managed to produce one of his superb video reviews!

Here's a Link to a (Russian?) 'Pistols History' site recently found:

http://historypistols.ru/blog/kapsyulnye-pistolety-i-revolvery/kapsyulnyj-revolver-underhammer-jacob-shaw/

Image From Patent No. 17698 Dated 30 June 1857.

These compact percussion revolvers seem to have been "before their time"  & and their many advanced features may have been the cause of them failing to sell - folk tend to stick with the familiar. - Maybe a lack of "Marketing" or perhaps the guns had other failings .. I guess that the cylinder indexing mechanism being exposed to the combustion gasses will have made cleaning a regular chore?

- Sorry but all the images I have found appear to be from one only gun.

Marty K.