POND REVOLVER IN A SMITH & WESSON CASE

Very few collectors of Civil War or American arms are aware that Lucius W. Pond of Worchester, Mass., developed a 6-shot revolver in 1860-61 that used .44-caliber Henry rimfire cartridges. lists the weapon noting that it is a “very rare revolver.” It is described as a “6-shot, 7-1/4 inch octagon tip-up barrel, brass frame, square butt with a brass-handled screwdriver in the butt.” I have