This outstanding Lever Action Navy Pistol was manufactured by the Volcanic Repeating Arms Company c. 1856. This pistol has an 8-inch octagon barrel with integral 10-shot magazine, brass receiver, distinctive loading lever with finger hole and flared walnut grips. The barrel/magazine is blued, the brass receiver is gold plated, the hammer and trigger are color case-hardened, the bolt, rear sight and loading lever are niter blue and the grips have a varnished piano finish. The Type I, ribbed, barrel has a rounded T-bar spring, silver cone front sight and brass magazine follower. The receiver has a fixed, dove-tail mounted, rear sight, semi-circular cut-out at the rear of the ejection port and bolt with single hook extractor. The top barrel flat is roll-stamped with the legend: "THE VOLCANIC/REPEATING ARMS CO./PATENT NEWHAVEN CONN. FEB.14.1854" in three lines. The serial number "1689" is located on the right side of the loading lever, right side of the butt beneath the grip and stamped on the inside of both grips. All of the visible serial numbers match. The assembly mark "1" is stamped on the left side of the lever and on the left side of the butt beneath the grip. The Volcanic Arms Company manufactured an estimated 1500 Lever Action Navy Pistols with 8-inch barrels between 1855 and 1857. Provenance: The Mac McCroskie Collection