Manufactured between 1856-1859, this Second Model reportedly had a total production of only approximately 100 (per Flayderman's Guide). The Savage & North Second Model "Figure 8" revolver is distinguished by the round shape iron frame and creeping type loading lever. However, the loading lever housing lacks the H.S. North April 1856 patent date as typically observed on the limited surviving Second Models. The top of the frame is marked "E. SAVAGE MIDDLETOWN, CT. /H.S.NORTH.PATENTED.JUNE.17th 1856". The six-shot revolver features the unusual ring-trigger action in which the ring trigger revolves the cylinder and cocks the hammer. It is fired with a second trigger which fits in the curved arm of the lower trigger. Features a brass cone front sight and a notched lug rear sight dovetailed into the top of the frame. No numbers are externally visible on any of the components on this example. "287" struck twice under the barrel and frame breech, also on the rammer and on the back of the grips. These early Savage revolvers were redesigned and became the more widely used Savage Navy model manufactured during the Civil War and purchased by the U.S. government.