Name | Street | Town | State | From | To |
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Pond, Lucius W. |   | Worcester | Massachusetts | 1862 | 1872 |
Patent | Date | Remarks |
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35,623 | June 17, 1862 | Improvement in Revolving Fire-Arms view patent |
38,934 | June 16,1863 | Improvement in Revolving Fire-Arms, Assignor to himself and John H. Vickers view patent |
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.32 r.f. caliber, 6 shot single acrion revolver, spur trigger, bottom break. Patented July 10,1860. Generally these modells were bottom break. left side right side opened other one, left side .32 r.f. caliber, 6 shot single action revolver, spur trigger, 5" barrel left-side right-side .22 caliber, 7 shot front loader revolver, 3 1/2" barrel About 2000 made from 1863 to 1870. left-side right-side cylinder removed .32 caliber, 6 shot front loader revolver, 3 1/2" barrel .32 caliber, 6 shot front loader revolver, 4" barrel About 5000 made from 1863 to 1870. right side other one, left side Pond revolvers with S&W markings.32 r.f. caliber, 6 shot single action revolver, spur trigger, 5" barrel, marked on barrel L.W. POND WORCESTER MASS.PAT JULY 10 1860 and additional marking MANUFD FOR SMITH & WESSON PATD APRIL 5, 1855.right-side After his loss in a patent infrigement lawsuit with Smith & Wesson / Rolin White in 1862. The remaining stock = 4486 of Pond's Revolvers was stamped as above. Smith & Wesson baught these arms at $ 7.80 and sold them for $ 12 to $ 13 depending the barrel lenght. Sales reccords were:
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