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1128
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$7,475.00 |
FINE COLT LIGHTNING MEDIUM FRAME SLIDE ACTION RIFLE.SN 89510. Cal 44 WCF (44-40). Standard grade rifle with 26″ oct bbl, full magazine, Rocky Mountain front sight with German silver blade and Colt semi-buckhorn rear sight. Top flat of bbl has standard markings forward of the rear sight and the caliber marking over the chamber area. Left side of frame has the Rampant Colt trademark. Mounted with uncheckered, straight grain American walnut with single fluted forearm and straight stock with crescent buttplate. Forearm has carved line borders. The medium frame lightning rifle was Colt’s first production of a slide action firearm and was very high production from 1884-1902. Colt introduced the slide action rifle as a companion to their Single Action Army revolver. The slide action rifles, while reasonably popular simply could not compete with the already well established lever action rifles of that era. CONDITION: Very fine to extremely fine. Bbl & magazine tube retain 98-99% crisp orig blue with only faint muzzle edge wear. Receiver retains 95-96% glossy orig blue showing light sharp edge wear, a few very light scratches and some minor freckling on both sides along with some candy striping. Trigger guard & extension show slight thinning. Top & bottom tangs retain most of their orig blue with some minor thinning. Hammer retains most of its orig, strong case colors. Buttplate retains faded case colors. Mechanics are crisp, brilliant shiny bore. Shows little evidence of ever having been fired. 51652-1 JRL (4,000-6,000) – Lot 1128 |
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1165
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$1,725.00 |
EXTREMELY RARE AND DESIRABLE PAIR OF POMMEL HOLSTERS MADE FOR THE COLT WALKER REVOLVER BY J.C. SHACKLEFORD AND COMPANY CINCINNATI OHIO IN 1847.These holsters are one of only 2-pair of this type holster known to collectors, the other pair being in the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City. Holsters are made from heavy harness leather with brass toe caps. Holsters have patent leather hoods with brown leather lining and yellow piping, designating Cavalry use. Holsters have a makers mark stamped on the body of each holster under the hoods. This exact pair of holsters were displayed by Dr. Joseph Murphy, along with Samuel Walker’s personal Walker colts. CONDITION: Very good considering their use. A portion of 1 hanging strap was restored by Daniel Cullity of Sandwich, Mass. The hoods are very delicate and have become somewhat detached, right hood is detached. The leather finish is crazed on both hoods and holster body. Portions of some tie-down straps are missing. Makers marks are clear. The brass cap on the right holster has been shot through by a bullet, which must have been quite an experience for both horse and rider. A once in a lifetime opportunity for the collector of Walker Colts to add the only known example of these holsters in private hands to their collection. 51793-1 (3,000-5,000) – Lot 1165 |
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1170
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$0.00 |
LOT OF A CAST IRON TWO-PIECE SIGN FROM THE COLT PLANT AND A BRASS BOILER PLATE ALSO FROM THE COLT PLANT.Painted blue with white highlights, the cast iron sign is manufactured in two pieces. Each section has a squared end which abuts the other with the opposing ends having scalloped corners. The long section is 48″ and the short section 37-1/2″ and both are 5-1/2″ wide, 3/8″ thick. The borders and lettering are raised above the background and read “COLT’S PATENT FIRE ARMS MFG., CO.”. The bottom right end of the short section is marked “B. 26612” and the long section “B. 26613″. Each section has four mounting holes. The brass boiler plate measures 6-3/4″ x 2-7/8″ x 1/8”. The brass plate has raised lettering with hand-stamped panels which reads “120 4″ TUBES 13 FT. LONG / 12 WIDE 10 HIGH / 2-36 DRUMS 1/2 THICK 20′-7 LONG / OPEN HEARTH STEEL 55000LBS. / BUILT TO CARRY 200LBS. PRESSURE. / JOB NO. 10226 1923”. Accompanied by a letter on official Colt letterhead stationery but not an official letter, over the signature of Don Cox, Colt Custom Gunsmith. The body of the letter states that Mr. Cox acquired these items from Mark Schwinger and sold them to John Godroe. He states that before he obtained them the late Martin Huber, Colt Historian Emeritus told him that during his walks around the plant on his lunch hour, he recalled seeing this sign on the Boiler Room wall. Mr. Cox states that this sign had originally been painted maroon with white lettering, but had been painted over many times. He had it sandblasted and painted its current colors. Mr. Cox doesn’t clearly state how he obtained the brass boiler plate sign. Mr. Cox was for many years a Custom Gunsmith at the Colt plant. CONDITION: The cast iron sign is sound and retains most of its blue and white paint. The brass boiler plate sign shows wear and cleaning with a few nicks and dings and a screwdriver scrape around the right mounting hole escutcheon. 51720-4 JRL (2,000-4,000) – Lot 1170 Click here to view provenance |
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1171
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$8,050.00 |
EXTREMELY RARE LIMITED EDITION RAMPANT COLT BRONZE STATUE.SN 36 of 100. Statue is cast bronze of the very famous Colt trademark of a rearing stallion produced by the late Tommy Haas in 1968. Mr. Haas, the ultimate craftsman and reproduction artist faithfully copied the orig lead casting formally in the Colt archives and, at that time owned by famous Colt researcher, author & publisher R.L. Wilson. These new castings faithfully followed the orig and exactly 100 castings were made from the orig mold under the supervision of Mr. Haas. Statue measures 21″ high including a 1-1/2″ thick base by about 21″ long. Mounted on a cast bronze oval base that is also 21″ long by about 11″ wide. The base is somewhat domed with cast foliate and rock patterns with a pair of crossed Paterson revolvers towards the front center above the attached 3-5/8″ by 1-1/2″ brass plaque which is engraved “The / Rampant Colt / 36 of one hundred”. The horse as noted, is rearing in the posture representing a war horse holding a spear in it’s mouth and another between it’s front legs as though breaking it. There were only of 100 these bronzes cast in 1968 from the original Cold lead mold pattern of the Rampant Colt that was in the colt factory originally in 1855. The bronze is cast with an embellished base that exhibits two crossed Colt Texas Paterson revolvers. It has a brass escutcheon: The Rampant Colt/ #36 of One Hundred. This bronze is in excellent condition and is complete with two arrows as originally produced. The size is 21 inches high and 10 inches deep and 21 inches wide. Weight about 35 lbs. A wonderful highlight to any colt collection. CONDITION: Extremely fine. 51638-1 (6,000-9,000) – Lot 1171 |
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2137
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$3,450.00 |
COLT LIGHTNING SLIDE ACTION RIFLE – SMALL FRAME.SN 2930. Cal. 22. 24″ oct bbl, open sights. Small frame receiver with dust cover. Walnut forend and straight grip stock. Hard rubber buttplate with Rampant Colt logo. CONDITION: Good plus. Barrel and receiver show some orig blue in protected areas w/balance fading to patina. Left side of receiver shows light cleaning. Buttstock is very good, shows minor handling marks commensurate to age. Buttplate in excellent. Sharp rifling, bore slightly dark. Mechanics good. Colt letter indicates the gun was shipped to William Lyman, the inventor of the famous Lyman gun sight, in Middlefield, Conn. 51422-5 (3,000-5,000) – Lot 2137 Click here to view provenance |
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2140
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$517.50 |
COLT 1883 12 GA SHOTGUN WITH FACTORY LETTER.SN 1341. Cal. 12 ga. 30″ blued steel bbls. 2-3/4″ chambers. Choked Cyl/Full. Full length top rib with brass front bead and doll’s head extension. Dbl triggers, extractor, auto safety. Round knob pistol grip buttstock checkered in three-point pattern with nickel oval and 14-1/4″ LOP over Colt HRBP. Splinter forearm with Deeley release and triangular ebony tip. Receiver engraved with “$3” factory engraving with modern heavily blued finish applied. Accompanying this gun is a Colt factory letter describing it as a Grade 1 with $3 engraving and notes blue finish. Shipped October 1, 1886 to Indiana. Weight: 8 lbs. CONDITION: Fair. Bbls are fair with scattered losses, staining and erosion and retain approx 70% refurbished finish with scattered light dents. Buttstock is fair as is forearm with checkering mostly gone and dents and scratches throughout and losses near receiver. Receiver with cold blue finish is fair. Engraving thinned. Bores are fair with scattered pitting. Mechanics are somewhat gummy, action slightly loose. 31377-5 JSL (750-1,500) – Lot 2140 Click here to view provenance |
