Revolver and Pistol Casings

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My 100% hand crafted casings are reproductions of original 19th century factory gun casings, available only on a custom order basis (each gun casing is commissioned expressly for you; these are not "in stock" casings.) Ask about pricing for a casing made to your specific needs.

Some available options;

Interior: French, tight fitted and rouched. Additional compartmentation to suit (cartridges, oil bottles, tools, accy's).
Exterior: Bottom made as top, solid mahogany. Rebated top or top & bottom. Instead of miter joints, fine finger joints or 18th century dovetail joints. German silver inlayed key escutcheon or name plate. Change case materials: white oak, English oak, black walnut, birdseye maple, padouk.
Examples of most of these options are shown in the photos to follow.

 

Below: A custom casing for an 1875 Remington replica, made of 150 year old used walnut planks, raised panel top, red velvet interior.
Below: A reproduction casing for a Smith & Wesson Model 1½ rimfire revolver with a rebated top and constructed from hundred-year old Honduras mahogany with mitered joints and brass hardware. This case has an English style interior that is lined with plush, dark green velvet, shown with an ebony handled turn-screw.

 

Below: The interior of the large custom presentation casing for a Smith & Wesson No. Three single action Russian Model .44. Constructed from 100 year old Honduras mahogany and built to the custom specifications of the owner with mitered joints and brass hardware, red velvet interior, black leather top lining, and burled French walnut cartridge block.

Below two photos: These cases are exact reproductions of two Colt Paterson cases, c-1840, from Honduras mahogany with inlet German silver presentation shields and lock escutcheons.

Below: One end of the same Paterson pistol casing during construction. Built from 100 plus year old Honduras Mahogany boards, the joint work is an exact duplicate of the original. This is also a good example of a rebated top.

Below: The Paterson case interior lined with purple velvet, hand-made spring-steel retaining clips to hold flask, mold, capper & cleaning rod all patterned after the original. The solid mahogany base is hand-enltted to accept the revolver and all its accessories.

Below two photos: Large pistol casing made for a Smith & Wesson New Model No. 3 Target revolver equipped with a factory shoulder stock, shown here 95% finished . Material is Honduras mahogany, red velvet English interior with ebony cleaning rod & turn screw, small cartridge block and a silver oil bottle.

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above and just below: August 2006, work in progress. A large pistol casing for two heavily customized S&W .44 Russian revolvers.
The ebony handled turnscrew and rosewood/ebony cleaning rod are hand-made by DRC.

above; a small, simple walnut casing, typical of the type used by S&W for the .32 Single Action, early .38 Single Action and some early .32 Double Action top-breaks. (The case shown is an original for a .32 SA, courtesy of Mike Maher)

above: a casing of Honduras mahogany for a Smith & Wesson .44 DA, shown (top) unfinished before final scraping and filling. bottom photo shows the interior. (PL)

above; a casing of Honduras mahogany for a Smith & Wesson .44 Russian

 

above and below; a custom casing of Honduras mahogany made for a very special Sharps Model 3c Derringer along with its documentation. This unusual custom casing shows finger joints, bottom made as the top out of solid mahogany and a tight, French fit with rouched edges around the firearm.

 

 

above: a cigar humidor of Honduras mahogany hand-crafted by my daughter, Dallas Chicoine Anderson.
To commission a casing for your gun, contact:
David R. Chicoine e-mail
 
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