This is a very scarce example of a .41 caliber six-shot revolving rifle, as manufactured between 1869-1876 by the Roper Sporting Arms Company of Hartford, Connecticut, per "Flayderman's Guide" (9th Edition, 15-019). Roper rifles are encountered with far less frequency today than the Roper shotguns based on the same design. It features a six-shot revolving cartridge carrier enclosed in the frame, a bolt connected to the cocking hammer, a rifled round barrel with a dovetail mounted combination flip-up globe and blade front sight, a dovetailed provision for a rear sight (absent) on the barrel, a folding ladder rear sight on top of the frame just ahead of the hammer, "ROPER SPORTING ARMS CO./HARTFORD, CONN./PAT. APR. 10. 1866. JULY 14. 1868." marked on the hinged loading gate, smooth walnut forearm with pewter end caps, and smooth walnut buttstock with an iron rifle buttplate. Matching serial number "447" marked on the bottom chamber area of the frame, barrel, and breech bolts. Provenance: The Charles Marx Collection