AS MUCH as firearms are tools used for sport and hunting, there was also once a tradition of arms serving as trophies. These would be awarded for strong showings in competitions relating to firearms or, sometimes, entirely unrelated activities.
The collection of the Royal Armouries houses a pistol in the former category. This revolver is a break-action design made by the short-lived Kynoch Gun Factory at Aston before the firm’s renaming as
