Description
Hopkins & Allen Safety Police Revolvers – Carder
- 68 pages, about 11″ x 8″, glossy soft-cover in full color.
- Printed on high quality paper.
- Fully Illustrated.
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Glossy full-color softcover reprint or PDF download
This reprint, authored by Charles E. Carder, provides an in-depth look at Hopkins & Allen’s Safety Police revolver models. Restored from original material and digitally enhanced, it includes full-color photographs and detailed technical diagrams.
Inside this guide:
- Overview of Hopkins & Allen history and revolver development
- Detailed coverage of Safety Police and Break-Top revolvers
- Triple-action mechanism and Hercules Solid Joint design
- Safety features, trigger guard construction, and cylinder removal procedure
- 1908 and 1911 gun guide and repair catalogs
- New Model target pistol description
- Period advertisements, photographs, and souvenir mug and tin-sign images
Who this is for:
- Collectors of early 20th-century American revolvers
- Gunsmiths and restorers needing original factory design details
- Historians studying Hopkins & Allen’s entry into law enforcement markets
- Enthusiasts of mechanical revolver evolution and period documentation
CONTENTS INCLUDE:
- By Charles E. Carder
- Hopkins & Allen Safety Police Revolvers
- Charles Carder
- Triple Action Safety Police Revolver
- History of Hopkins & Allen
- Hopkins Break Top Revolvers
- Safety Mechanisms
- Hercules Solid Joint
- Trigger and Trigger Guard
- 1908 Gun Guide and Catalog
- 1911 Gun Guide and Catalog
- Cylinder Removal
- Magazine Advertisements
- 1911 Repair Catalog
- Photos of Safety Revolvers
- New Model Target Pistol
- Souvenir Mug
- Dealers Tin Sign

