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Original U.S. Allen & Thurber 1837 Patent .31cal Percussion Pepperbox Revolver - Matching Serial 131 40mm BOFORS "Flaming Bomb" proof mark andOriginal Item: Only One Available. Pepperbox revolvers were so named because of the similarity of the front view of the weapon was so reminiscent of a Pepper Pot Grinder of the time being a circle of round holes. This example was made by Ethan Allen of Massachusetts (1808 1871). Allen developed his Gun business by taking his brother in law Charles Thurber as his partner, originally setting up shop in Norwich, CT, which as a major gun making center at