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Noël Patent
Støckel:
Pierre Jules Noël, Paris, received 1865 patent for revolver with flat cylinder
Noël Patent revolver, also called ROTOVOLVER, serial # 123,
The unusual model is operated by pulling the folding trigger double-action only which raises and drops a side-hammer on the fulminate cartridge and also revolves the ten-shot turret. By opening a large gate on the left side the cylinder can be quickly withdrawn for loading or replacement with another. The barrel is stamped on the left side "Systeme A. Noël" and on the right side with the maker's name "J. F. Gouery Ganat & Co. Paris". The frame is kept in the white as common at the time and is fully scroll engraved and fitted with two-piece carved walnut grips. The caliber is approximately 7.5mm = .30. Very fine condition and working order. $5,250.
forerunner of the Noël's "Rotovolver"
by Pierre Jules Noël
the description of Lewis Winant's Firearms Curiosa, # 230, pages 203 and 204
It is probably the forerunner of the "Rotovolver"
by
Pierre Jules Noël and J. F. Gouery, Paris, 1865.
In US called turret revolver,
in Great Britain radial revolver.
There are only a few pieces known,
and this is the "only one" in caliber .38 with 5-shot-cylinder. sold
Midlothian, Texas 76065