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William James Hill, was from Birmingham, also in London. Since 1860 - 1897, he was a gun, rifle, pistol and revolver producer. WJ Hill’s revolvers all display advanced and unusual features for the time period. Hill was better known for his tip-up designs. This is a solid frame single action revolver. The frame is made from brass, which is unusual and with the six sided barrel, unfluted roll, hammer and lock-work made from steel. It is fitted with a spur trigger which is also uncommon with English gun makers, who would prefer a folding trigger when there is no trigger-guard. Fired cases were pushed out of the roll through the loading gate with a pin. The end of the pin is located by a hole in die end of the loading gate. This revolver seems to have a lot of early Tranter design features. This firearm obviously came before the tip-up era from the Hill Company. It is classified as an antique in the USA.

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