One of the Most Perfect Things of the Kind We Ever Saw

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MTT TL

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We hearken back to the days when police chiefs endorsed Firearms.... for their ability to kill people at range.

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Its Advantages are:
1st. It is loaded with perfect ease and safety, without removing the cylinder (or any part of it), at the fore end, and can be carried when loaded without the slightest danger.
2d. The cylinder never fouls; is made from solid steel, bored; and can not get out of repair, or clog, as cylinders made of many parts will do.
3d. The cartridge is made on an improved plan; the fulminate is concentrated in one place, which insures sure fire ; Is METALLIC, CENTRAL FIRE, AND WATER PROOF.
4th. Its peculiar model makes it the most desirable Pocket Revolver ever made. FOR SALE BY THE TRADE GENERALLY. GEO. A. HICKCOX, 54 Cliff Street, New York. Certificates.

I have used the "Notional Revolver," and believe it to the best and most convenient revolver ever offered to the public. (Signed)JOHN S. FOLK, Inspector of Metropolitan Police, N. Y. I have thoroughly tested the new "National Revolver," and find it an effective weapon, of sure fire and convenient size. At fifty yards, I think I could with this Pistol kill at every shot. I take pleasure in recommending it as a weapon in every way desirable. In company with Capt. Scott, Provost-Marshall, and other officers, I fired this pistol a large number of times, and not one cartridge failed to explode.
(Signed) JOHN CHARLESTON, Chief of Police, Cairo, Ill.

We have one of the "National Revolvers" now in use, and pronounce it one of the most perfect things of the kind we ever saw. It is simple in construction, substantial, sure fire, and shoots with the force and accuracy of a rifle. Any one in want of a good and reliable weapon can not do better than procure a "National Revolver." (Signed) J. S. VINCENT, Editor and Proprietor " New Era."

We, the undersigned, having used and thoroughly tested the National Revolvers, have no hesitancy in saying that, for accuracy, force, and convenience, we think they are far superior to any other Revolver yet produced. M. C. LOOMIS, with J. G. and W. J. Averell. GEO. KING, Chief of Police, Ogdensburg. J. H. FAIRCHILD, Insurance Agent.
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I read the endorsement by the Police Chief and wondered what kind of super gun this was? Must've been a .44 or 45 LC at least... right? Then I read the ad. It was a .32 revolver. No truth in advertising laws in those days.
 
If I'm not mistaken, I THINK that this used the Moore's teat fire ammunition, which was one of the many different attempts by manufacturers to get around Smith & Wesson's patent on the bored through cylinder.

YES!

Here we go. A box of cartridges for the National Revolver was offered for sale recently on Gun Broker

http://www.gunbroker.com/auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=145437035

These are the second model cartridges, which had the round teat. First model cartridges had a flat-sided teat, which made them harder to load into the gun. In power they apparently were a bit between the .32 S&W and the .32 Long.

The .32 was the most common, but a .45 version was also made. However, guns are practically non existent for the .45 and cartridges are very scarce, and very expensive, as well.
 
Don't bother MTT TL

In a hundred years your .308 will be a collectors item and no doubt well over $15.00 apiece
 
It is one of my fondest wishes that they will be talking about how obsolete and underpowered the .308 was in 100 years.
 
Well, don't be too quick to criticize. The advert is about 'killing power' and not 'stopping power'. Back in those days being shot with a small caliber cartridge may well have been a sentence of slow gangerous, infected, painful death. OK, the perp gets your money belt and you get one measly hit on the BG and he scoots with your money and no apparent damage... but two months later he's writhing in pain and kicks the bucket from fever and infection. Nothing in the advert speaks to the PACE of the result...nor the distance to the target. Yeah, the ad inflates the effectiveness of the pistol but when read with a technical orientation it is 'legally correct'.
 
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