This Lever Action No. 2 Navy pistol with eight-inch barrel was manufactured by the New Haven Arms Company c. 1858 using a Volcanic Repeating Arms Company barrel. The pistol has a blued barrel with integral ten-shot magazine, brass frame, casehardened hammer and fire blue T-bar spring, rear sight, cartridge elevator, bolt and loading lever. The two piece walnut grips have a high polish piano finish. The Type I, barrel has the full rib found on earlier Volcanic Repeating Arms Company firearms. The barrel has a crowned muzzle, rounded T-bar spring and nickel-silver, cone-shaped, front sight. The magazine has an iron, clam-shell shaped follower. The distinctive brass frame has a dove-tail mounted, fixed, rear sight. The ejection port has a small circular cut-out on the front face and a larger, circular, cut-out on the rear face. The hammer has coarse knurling on the spur. The top barrel flat is roll-stamped: "REPEATING ARMS COMPANY/PATENT NEW HAVEN CONN FEB.14. 1854" in two lines. Traces of the earlier "THE VOLCANIC" markings are visible above the lower two lines. The serial number is stamped on the right side of the butt beneath the grips, on the inside of both grips and on the right side of the loading lever. All of the visible serial numbers match.