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Rocket Ball Effect

by | Mar 1, 2005 | Art, Guns and Culture

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A pair of Volcanic pistols from the collection of King Farouk of Egypt rightfully sets a new record at Greg Martin Auctions’ November 15-17, 2004, sale in San Francisco, California. The only known cased pair of No. 1 Pocket Model Volcanic breech-loading repeating pistols by New Haven Arms Co. hammered in at $110,000. “I don’t know of any Volcanic pistols that have sold for over $40,000,” Greg Martin says. Volcanic pistols owe their creation to Horace Smith and Daniel B. Wesson, who st


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