Pond, Lucius W.

Name Street Town State From To
Pond, Lucius W.   Worcester Massachusetts 1862 1872


Patent Date Remarks
35,623 June 17, 1862 Improvement in Revolving Fire-Arms
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38,934 June 16,1863 Improvement in Revolving Fire-Arms, Assignor to himself and John H. Vickers
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Contract for
   


Product
.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:
Month/year number
January 1863 95
February 1863 806
Mars 1863 314
April 1863 268
Mai 1863 322
June 1863 228
July 1863 138
August 1863 206
September 1863 140
October 1863 236
November 1863 199
December 1863 339
January 1864 246
February 1864 251
Mars 1864 150
April 1864 153
Mai 1864 268
June 1864 206
July 1864 215
August 1864 100
As totaly 4883 revolvers were sold. Somes must have been manufactured after Pond lost his case.