VC = Victor Colette
Støckel: "in Liège, Fabricant, received 1853 patent for 20-shot gravity repeating pistol".

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VC = Victor Colette

serial # 726, cal. ~.30 for a cartridge similar to the Volcanic. Unlike Volcanic and later Winchester, where the cartridge is pushed by a spring into the breech, this pistol is held upright using gravity to drop the cartridge into the breech. The magazine is on top of the barrel and the sliding breechblock rises to pick up the next cartridge. Like the early Volcanic, these pistols used self-contained cartridges with the primer and powder inside the bullet, which were produced by Loron and Gaupillat. Nicely floral engraved, channeled stocks with iron butt cap. 9½" barrel with fine rifling and  mounted magazine. In good working order.
Rare and in fine condition, showing minor use.    $5,000.