Dirk Lagerwij

All photos included here are from Old West Daily Reader Contributor Dirk Lagerwij (006) and used by permission. You need to get his permission too, if you want use any. Dirk occasionally has a few guns for sale and is sometimes looking for specific guns. His website address is on the Links to Friends page. Dirk  lives in Holland and collects early American and Old West firearms. He’s a collector of W.W. Marston firearms and one appears in this section. Production dates and statistics were provided by Dirk. All of these early revolvers were in production before centerfire cartridges came along.  All photos: © Dirk Lagerwij

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Allen & Wheelock Large Frame Pocket Revolver Produced 1857 to early 60's: 1,500, .34 cal. percussion

Allen & Wheelock Sidehammer Pocket and Belt Revolver, Prod. 1858-61: a few thousand