EXTRAORDINARILY RARE ENGRAVED REMINGTON-RIDER EXHIBITION MAGAZINE PISTOL.

Cal. 32 RF Extra Short. Spectacular magazine pistol with nickel & gold finish, probably built for the 1876 World Expo. It has 3-1/8″ nickel finish oct bbl with half moon front sight and 2-line address with integral nickel finish magazine tube. Trigger is also nickel finish and the frame gold finish. Breech block is color case hardened and hammer is fire blued as are the screws. Mounted with extraordinary checkered & carved ebony grips. Pistol is beautifully engraved by L.D. Nimschke with full coverage on the sides of frame of foliate arabesque patterns with fine pearled background. Side flats of bbl are engraved in square & dot patterns and top side flats are engraved in leaf & vine patterns. Left side of the integral magazine tube is engraved “5 SHOT MAGAZINE” and right side is engraved “REMINGTON”. Top flat of frame is engraved in square & dot patterns and top side flats are engraved in feather patterns with dash & dot patterns by the breech block slot. Back strap also has chip & dot patterns and foliate arabesque patterns. There may have been as many as 15,000 of these little pistols produced in the period 1871-1888 but this may be the only exhibition piece Remington ever made of this model. PROVENANCE: The Elliott Burka Estate Collection. CONDITION: Extremely fine plus. Bbl & magazine tube retain about 98% crisp orig nickel with a couple of small spots on left side flat; frame & grip frame retain virtually all of their bright orig gold finish; breech block retains bright case colors and the hammer bright fire blue. Grips are sound showing only faint diamond point wear and retain about all of their orig oil finish. Mechanics are crisp, strong bright bore with one spot of pitting. 4-56419 JR141 (8,000-12,000) – Lot 1123

Auction: Firearms - March 2015

Please Note: All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

Image	Lot	Price	Description
	1123	$6,900.00	EXTRAORDINARILY RARE ENGRAVED REMINGTON-RIDER EXHIBITION MAGAZINE PISTOL. Cal. 32 RF Extra Short. Spectacular magazine pistol with nickel & gold finish, probably built for the 1876 World Expo. It has 3-1/8″ nickel finish oct bbl with half moon front sight and 2-line address with integral nickel finish magazine tube. Trigger is also nickel finish and the frame gold finish. Breech block is color case hardened and hammer is fire blued as are the screws. Mounted with extraordinary checkered & carved ebony grips. Pistol is beautifully engraved by L.D. Nimschke with full coverage on the sides of frame of foliate arabesque patterns with fine pearled background. Side flats of bbl are engraved in square & dot patterns and top side flats are engraved in leaf & vine patterns. Left side of the integral magazine tube is engraved “5 SHOT MAGAZINE” and right side is engraved “REMINGTON”. Top flat of frame is engraved in square & dot patterns and top side flats are engraved in feather patterns with dash & dot patterns by the breech block slot. Back strap also has chip & dot patterns and foliate arabesque patterns. There may have been as many as 15,000 of these little pistols produced in the period 1871-1888 but this may be the only exhibition piece Remington ever made of this model. PROVENANCE: The Elliott Burka Estate Collection. CONDITION: Extremely fine plus. Bbl & magazine tube retain about 98% crisp orig nickel with a couple of small spots on left side flat; frame & grip frame retain virtually all of their bright orig gold finish; breech block retains bright case colors and the hammer bright fire blue. Grips are sound showing only faint diamond point wear and retain about all of their orig oil finish. Mechanics are crisp, strong bright bore with one spot of pitting. 4-56419 JR141 (8,000-12,000) – Lot 1123 Auction: Firearms - March 2015 Please Note: All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

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EXTRAORDINARILY RARE ENGRAVED REMINGTON-RIDER EXHIBITION MAGAZINE PISTOL.