Original U.S. Civil War Starr Arms M1858 .44 Double Action Army Percussion Revolver - Serial 7205 Headgear This was a new design

This was a new design which used a monolithic ceramic (one piece) which was molded to match torso contours

Offered as a pair

but the bolter for it was machined directly into the receiver

but the driver was afraid and said he couldn’t stop because it was too dangerous

from a huge collection that was put into storage for nearly 100 years only recently coming to market

Original U.S. Civil War Starr Arms M1858 .44 Double Action Army Percussion Revolver - Serial 7205 Headgear This was a new designOriginal Item. One Only. This is a very nice "frontier worn" condition Civil War Star Arms Model 1858 Double Action Army Percussion revolver bearing the serial number of 7205, indicating production in mid 1862. This revolver was made about 33% through a production run of around 21,500 revolvers, delivered to the U. S. Army 1862 1863. After this, starting at serial number 23,000, they moved to the requested Single Action Model of 1863, which cost HALF