Discription Wolfgang Berk has brought together over 30 years of research and knowledge into the writing of this book detailing the life and works of William Tranter, one of the most important English manufacturers of firearms during the second half of the 19th century. This comprehensive study will enable collectors, dealers, auction houses and students to correctly classify and describe Tranter manufactured firearms. The photographic section of the book shows nearly every type and variation of known Tranter firearms. The well-structured layout of the book makes it an easy matter to enable clear classification by the text as well as by the related photographs of each weapon. The abridged Tranter patent section will establish an initial period of manufacture for any weapon. Additionally, the serial number listing will enable the reader to gauge the sparsity of a particular weapon in relation to similar weapons of a different calibre.
Wolfgang Berk’s monumental work will without question become the standard reference book for all who are interested in a truly great English gunmaker and his firearms. 280 pages, 31.5 cm long, 21,5 cm wide.
Double trigger revolvers in 38, 50, 54, 80, 90 and 120 bore were made in this range. Two additional serial numbers are to be found on these weapons, first an internal Tranter number and second a Tranter number on the trigger mechanism. 1851 Adams revolvers in 50, 54 and 56 bore will also be encountered in this range.
Tranter.230 Revolver The Tranter was a revolver invented around 1856 by English firearms designer (1816–1890). Originally operated with a special dual-trigger mechanism (one to rotate the cylinder and cock the gun, a second to fire it) later models employed a single-trigger mechanism much the same as that found in the contemporary. Early Tranter revolvers were generally versions of the various -designed revolver models, of which Tranter had produced in excess of 8000 revolvers by 1853. The first model of his own design used the frame of an Adams-type revolver, with a modification in the mechanism which he had jointly developed with James Kerr. The first model was sold under the name Tranter-Adams-Kerr. Contents • • • • • • Design and operation [ ] The Tranter revolver was a 'solid-frame' design, very similar in appearance to the. Over the course of the 3 models Tranter developed, the only significant change was to the attachment of the ramrod- In the first model it was detachable, on the second model it was attached to the frame by a hook on the fixed barrel, and in the third model (1856) it was attached to the barrel by a screw.
On the double-trigger Tranter revolvers, a second trigger below the trigger guard served to cock the gun. The hammer on this model had no spur and therefore could not be cocked with the thumb. To fire the weapon in the mode, one had to first press the lower trigger, which would pull the hammer back and rotate the cylinder; at this point one could fire the gun with a light pull on the upper trigger. To fire more rapidly, one could pull both triggers simultaneously, making it a double-action weapon. History [ ] With the beginning of the, the demands for foreign weapons in the increased, as the Confederacy no longer had access to the weapons factories in the North and had almost no local small-arms manufacturing capability of their own. Drivers navman f series canada 310 gps review. At the outbreak of the war, Tranter had a contract with the importing firm Hyde & Goodrich in to import and distribute his revolvers commercially.
Following the outbreak of the Civil War, Hyde and Goodrich dissolved their partnership, and its successors, Thomas, Griswold & Company, and A. Griswold & Company, continued to distribute Tranter's guns. As a reliable, functional, and proven design, Tranter revolvers soon enjoyed a great popularity among the. The Tranter was originally produced in six, with.36,.442, and.50 being the most popular, while Tranter developed an Army model (.44 calibre) and a Navy model (.36 calibre) for the American market. After the American Civil War, production continued of the Tranter percussion revolver (despite the increasing availability of cartridge-firing designs), because many people thought percussion firearms were safer and cheaper than the 'new-fangled' In 1863, Tranter secured the patent for rimfire cartridges in England, and started production using the same frame as his existing models.