This lever action Navy Pistol was manufactured by the Volcanic Repeating Arms Co. of New Haven, Connecticut circa 1856. The pistol has the scarce and distinctive six-inch ribbed barrel with integral seven-shot magazine, brass frame and loading lever with finger hole. The barrel/magazine is blued, the hammer, lever and trigger are color casehardened, and the two-piece walnut grips have a varnished, piano, finish. The barrel has a brass cone front sight. A fixed, dovetail mounted rear sight is located on the receiver. The receiver ejection port has a square-cut back with semi-circular cut-out at the front. The bolt has a single hooked extractor. The hammer spur has hand-cut, border-less knurling. The top of the barrel is hand-stamped: "THE VOLCANIC/REPEATING ARMS CO./PATENT NEWHAVEN CONN. FEB.14. 1854" in three lines. "PATENT" in the third line is stamped upside down. The serial number is stamped on the bottom of the left side of the frame beneath the grips, on the inside of both grips and on the right side of the lever. All of the visible serial numbers match. Volcanic pistols and carbines were revolutionary and historically significant firearms.

Fine. This pistol retains 70% of the original blue finish on the barrel/magazine. The barrel legend is crisp. The hammer, trigger and lever have traces of the mottled casehardened finish. The brass receiver is very fine with nearly perfect side plate joints. The receiver shows very limited handling wear and the brass has a mellow, un-touched patina. The two-piece grips exhibit wear on the edges of the butt and few scattered and very minor handling marks. The refinished right grip has a repaired chip on the bottom and is missing a tiny piece of the grip. Mechanically excellent.