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United States
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May 3, 2017 - May 5, 2017
.44 caliber, 8" barrel length with exposed thread near cylinder, S/N 41228. Marking on top of the barrel is of the period "W.C. Barney Yuma, AT". Blue finish with brass trigger guard and walnut grips. The grips are hand carved with a checkered pattern. Documentation on W.C. Barney is included with the lot including census records and copies of newspaper clipping's.
W.C. Barney was a gunsmith, locksmith and lawman. Born in 1847 from Nantucket, Massachusetts he moved with his parents in 1860 to Santa Cruz, California. In the 1870's and 1880's records have him listed as living in Yuma, Arizona Territory and worked as a locksmith and gunsmith. By 1881, he is listed with a residence in Reno, Nevada and employed as a gunsmith and lawman.
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