FRT Report Valid as of: 2023/06/05

Firearm Reference Number (FRN): 26243 Page: 79295 / 104314

Make: Shattuck
Summary Model: 1879 Hyde's Patent Swing-Out Cylinder

Make: Shattuck
Model: 1879 Hyde's Patent Swing-Out Cylinder
Manufacturer: Shattuck
Level: Manufacturer Specifications and Commercial Customization
Type: Handgun
Action: Revolver
Country of Manufacturer: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Serial Numbering: See Note
Legal Classification: Prohibited

Calibre, Shots and Barrel Length

Legal Classification
Barrel
FRN Calibre Shots (mm) Legal Authority Level Barrel Type Code
26243 - 2 22 LONG 7 57 Prohibited Manufacturer Specifications and
Commercial Customization
CC 84(1) "prohibited firearm" para. (a)(i)
26243 - 1 32 RF 5 66 Antique Manufacturer Specifications and
Commercial Customization
AFR, Section 1, para. 6

Notes

Make - "C. S. SHATTUCK" and "HATFIELD, MASS." are marked on the left side of the barrel.

Model - manufactured during the 1880s.

- model designation is not marked on the firearm.
- "Pat. Nov. 4, 1879" is marked on the left side of the firearm.
- Andre Hyde applied for a patent for a side swinging cylinder and was granted Patent Number 221,171 on November 4th of 1879 and Patent Number 273,282 on March
06th of 1883.
- "1879 Hyde's Patent Swing Out Cylinder" is a single action pocket revolver.
- features include: half moon or blade front sight and groove in the top strap for the rear sight; octagonal rifled barrel; solid top receiver/frame with right side swing-out
fluted cylinder; exposed spur hammer; sheathed spur trigger; single action trigger mechanism; bird's head or square butt grip strap; gutta-percha, rubber or wood grip
plates; nickel finish.
- cylinder crane pivots on a screw located on the right front side of the receiver/frame, this allows the cylinder to swing out to the right side for loading and unloading.
- gutta-percha grip plates may have the raised portraits of two American Presidents. Abraham Lincoln on the right grip plate and James A. Garfield on the left grip plate.

Manufacturer - "C. S. SHATTUCK" and "HATFIELD, MASS." are marked on the left side of the barrel.

Serial Number - serial number is marked on the left side of the butt strap, under the grip plate and is repeated on the cylinder tang.
- serial number rationalization unknown.
- total quantity produced was less than two thousand.

Firearms Reference Table, Specialized Policing Services, Royal Canadian Mounted Police. All rights reserved, RCMP, 1998-2023.
 FRT Report Valid as of: 2023/06/05
Firearm Reference Number (FRN): 26243 Page: 79296 / 104314

Calibre - references indicate this firearm may also have been made in 38 RF and 41 RF.

Shots - cylinder swings out to the right on a parallel axis to the barrel, on a lever mounted under the barrel. It does not swing down as a conventional cylinder does.

Cross-References
FRN Make Model Manufacturer Type Action
136276 Shattuck 1879 Hyde's Patent Swing-Out Cylinder Iver Johnson Handgun Revolver
Double Action
136278 Iver Johnson 1879 Hyde's Patent Swing-Out Cylinder Iver Johnson Handgun Revolver
Double Action
141146 Unique 1879 Hyde's Patent Swing-Out Cylinder Shattuck Handgun Revolver

Also Known As/Product Code

1879 Pocket

Pat Nov 4 1879

Pocket Revolver

Shattuck 1879 Patent

Swing Out Cylinder

Swing-Out Cylinder

Swing-Out Cylinder Revolver

Year Dates No Data

Importer No Data

Firearms Reference Table, Specialized Policing Services, Royal Canadian Mounted Police. All rights reserved, RCMP, 1998-2023.