MAS 1874 *ANTIQUE*

This is the scarcer "officer's" variant of the Mod. 1873.  It has the fluted cylinder and a most rare take down lever on the right side of the frame as opposed to the more common screw on the left side.  This particular pistol has been nickeled and is now chambered in .455 from the original 11mm French ordnance caliber.  The action is crisp and clean with all operations, advance, timing, and lock up, being excellent.  The chambers are excellent and the  bore is clean with good rifling.  Sadly, very few stamps and serial numbers remain.  I believe a lot were scrubbed when the pistol was buffed for the application of the nickel.  There is an indistinct name on the barrel, no numbers that I can find on the internals, and a stamp on the cylinder.