Continental Arms Co.

Name	Street	Town	State	From	To
Continental Arms Co.		Norwich	Connecticut	1866	1867 or 1870

Patent	Date	Remarks

Contract	for

Product
They started very early in the production of very cheap revolvers which are similair to Hood. Probably Hood purchased the stock and machinery of Continental Arms Co. about 1870 and continued to manufacture their revolvers. .22 caliber, 5 shot pepperbox, 2 ½" barrel, marked "Continental Arms Co. Norwich Ct. Patented Aug. 28, 1866" (Charles Converse's and Samuel S. Hopkins patent, assigned to the Bacon Manufacturing Company), made from 1866 to ? Sometimes marked "Ladies Companion" right side with ivory grips, right side .32 r.f. caliber, 5 shot single action pepperbos, spur trigger

Product

They started very early in the production of very cheap revolvers which are similair to Hood. Probably Hood purchased the stock and machinery of Continental Arms Co. about 1870 and continued to manufacture their revolvers.

.22 caliber, 5 shot pepperbox, 2 ½" barrel, marked
"Continental Arms Co. Norwich Ct. Patented Aug. 28, 1866" (Charles Converse's and Samuel S. Hopkins patent, assigned to the Bacon Manufacturing Company), made from 1866 to ?
Sometimes marked "Ladies Companion"

right side
with ivory grips, right side

.32 r.f. caliber, 5 shot single action pepperbos, spur trigger