Remington-Beals Third Model Pocket Revolver

About the Remington-Beals Third Model Pocket Revolver

The Remington-Beals Third Model Pocket Revolver is a .31 caliber single-action percussion (cap-and-ball) pocket revolver designed by Fordyce Beals and produced by E. Remington and Sons around 1859-1860. It is a five-shot spur-trigger revolver with a 4-inch octagonal barrel and, unlike the earlier First and Second Model Beals pocket revolvers, was the first Remington revolver to incorporate an attached loading lever. Fewer than roughly a thousand were made, making it a scarce collector's piece today.

The Third Model was the first Remington revolver fitted with an attached loading lever, a feature that would define the company's iconic Civil War percussion revolvers that followed.

Remington-Beals Third Model Pocket Revolver specifications

The Third Model was enlarged over the earlier Beals pocket revolvers, with the barrel lengthened from about 3 inches to 4 inches, and introduced the hinged loading lever that became a hallmark of later Remington percussion revolvers. Production was brief, ending as Remington moved toward its larger Beals Navy and Army models.