REVOLVING RIFLE
.41 cal., .64 bore, lockplate marked "ROPER REPEATING RIFLE CO/AMHERST, MASS./PATENTED APRIL 10. 1866" or "ROPER SPORTING ARMS CO./HARTFORD, CONN./PAT. APR. 10, 1866. JULY 14, 1866", 6 shot, 26-28 in. round or octagonal...
ROPER REPEATING RIFLE CO.
Established by Sylvester H. Roper and Charles Ethan Billings to manufacture Roper's patented revolving rifle and shotgun.
Located in Amherst, MA 1865-1869, and Hartford, CT 1869-1876, as the Roper Sporting Arms Co.
ROPER REPEATING RIFLE CO. Antiques Models
REVOLVING SHOTGUN
.64 bore, lock marked "ROPER REPEATING RIFLE CO/AMHERST, MASS./PATENTED APRIL 10. 1866" or "ROPER SPORTING ARMS CO./HARTFORD, CONN./PAT. APR. 10, 1866. JULY 14, 1866", 4 shot steel "cartridge" with percussion p...
Baby Model
.32 cal., .64 bore, lockplate not marked, 6 shot, 21 1/2 in. round barrel, fixed rear sight on frame, blued barrel, case colored frame, and pewter forend tip, walnut stock with crescent style buttplate, large hammer spur with round piercing...
Cloverleaf Cylinder Shotgun
.64 bore, lockplate unmarked, 4 shot steel in 2 variations a) hinged frame and adjustable topstrap, and b) solid frame with removable cylinder via forward slide motion, 26-30 in. round barrel with detachable choke, blued, case colored frame...