Freeman Army Model percussion revolver manufactured by Hoard's Armory, Watertown, New York, c. 1863-64. Hoard's Armory manufactured approximately 2,000 of these .44 caliber, single action revolvers but received no Federal contracts. The solid frame revolver has a high polish blue finish on the barrel, frame and cylinder. The loading lever and hammer are color casehardened. The trigger is niter blue. The two-piece black walnut grips are oil-finished. The revolver has the later style barrel with no exposed threads, steel half-moon sight, sighting groove in the top strap and knurled hammer spur. The center pin latch is retained by a spring on the left side of the frame. "FREEMAN'S PAT. DECR 9 1862" is stamped on the right side of the top strap sight groove and "HOARD'S ARMORY, WATERTOWN, N.Y." is stamped on the left side. The serial number "613" is stamped on the bottom of the barrel, loading lever, trigger guard, center pin latch, rear face of the cylinder, right side of the butt beneath the grips and penciled on the inside of both grips. All of the serial numbers match.

Extremely fine. The revolver is all original and retains 85% plus of the original high polish blue and color casehardened finish, The revolver shows minimal firing wear with traces of flash pitting on the percussion nipples but no detectable firing wear on the rear face of the cylinder. The markings are crisp, The grips are in excellent condition with a few minor handling marks. This is an exceptional example of a scarce, secondary, Civil War percussion revolver.