A rare W.W. Marston Navy Model revolver in .36 caliber, serial number 572, manufactured from the late 1850s into the 1860s. Roughly 1,000 were made and they seldom come up. By serial number this is a Third Model. The barrel measures 8 inches. Marston sold his revolvers under names such as Union Arms and Western Arms, and this one is unmarked. The bore is very good, the action works perfectly, and the metal shows a blue and brown patina with more blue than brown.

This is an antique handgun for collectors of mid-nineteenth-century American revolvers. With about 1,000 produced, the Marston Navy is a gun most collections lack, and an unmarked Third Model with a working action, a very good bore and a mostly blue patina is a sound example to fill that gap. It is a study and display piece, not a shooter, with condition stated as the supplier reported it. Handgun buyers must be 21 at the dealer, and some states add their own rules.

Key features

• Marston Navy Model, .36 caliber, serial 572
• Third Model by serial number
• 8-inch barrel, unmarked
• Very good bore, action works perfectly
• Blue and brown patina, more blue than brown

Even as an antique it ships to the FFL dealer you choose at checkout, where Form 4473 and the background check are completed.