Pond Revolver

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This is an early, low serial number Pond revolver made ca 1861. Pond was violating the S&W patent for bored through cylinders, got sued and lost. Total production was very limited.
I'd like to get this one working, and would really like to find a schematic diagram, etc.
Defects are:
-bubba had a go at the protruding cylinder pin. It has been filed upon, and is frozen to the cylinder. I think the cylinder should rotate on the pin, not with the pin. The cylinder retaining screw (inside the ratchet) is frozen. Removal of the cylinder is not possible.
-the locking bolt is broken. Rear half, which engages the hammer mechanism, is missing. Hard to make a new one without something to copy. Its spring is missing.
-hand spring is broken.
-the ejector, a separate rod housed in the butt, is missing.
The hammer cocks and clicks, and the hand will rotate the cylinder if the revolver is pointed down.
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Dances - the only seized screw is the one retaining the cylinder. I've started Kroiling it.

B_noser - thanks for the links. My locking bolt is broken where the screw holding the locking bolt spring was attached. Now I know how the bolt is sprung.
My revolver is earlier than the one in Ian's video. Different frame latch, two digit serial number. No S&W marks.
 
That’s a very cool piece to have! I hope you get it working properly and get to shoot it. Certainly an interesting piece, simply by vortue of being one of the Rollin White Patent Infringement guns.
Lucius Pond was definitely one of the characters of the New England Gun Trade. Old Guns Canada has a very interesting write-up about him in one of the Newsletters. I can’t remember which one, maybe Chris will give a link or chime in which one it is. Really worth the read! Cheers.
 
Well, with the information supplied, and a careful study of the remaining part of the locking bolt, I think I have a good idea of how the missing end was configured, and how it engaged the cam on the hammer.
If I cannot free the cylinder retaining screw, I might just drill off its head to allow the cylinder to be removed. With the cylinder off, I'll be able to remove the cylinder pin. A new cylinder pin is going to be needed.
Studying the design, it appears that the cylinder pin was fixed and the cylinder turned on it. When the cylinder froze to the pin, someone did a lot of filing on the pin protruding under the barrel, so that the pin could turn with the cylinder.
 
I believe you are correct about the cylinder rotating on a fixed pin. In the Forgotten Weapons video, One can see the cylinder spinning and the screw head not moving. It will be interesting to see what keeps the pin from rotating.
 
The cylinder pin had a groove along the bottom, and there appears to have been a pin protruding from the bottom of the barrel just in front of the frame. I expect that this pin will need to be replaced.
 
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