OC - FINE- all original parts; over 30% original finish, sharp lettering, numerals and design on metal and wood; minor marks in wood.

Around 10,000 of these pistols were manufactured by Brown Manufacturing Co. in Newburyport, Mass., c. 1869-1873. Of those, only around 3,000 were the iron frame version. This design was first manufactured under the Merrimack Arms & Mfg. Co. from 1866-1869. Extractor absent. They are rarely found with significant original finish, especially case colors, like this very fine pistol.