RARE COLT BERDAN MILITARY RIFLE.

RARE COLT BERDAN MILITARY RIFLE. Cal. 42 Berdan. SN 7. Very rare, one of less than 100 ever made in this configuration; reference The Book of Colt Firearms, Wilson, page 475-479. It has a 32-1/2″ rnd bbl with square base dovetailed barley corn front sight and 1,400 yard ladder rear sight. It has a rectangular bayonet lug on the right side near the muzzle. It is a trapdoor style single shot manufactured by Colt in the period 1866-1869. The design was prompted by the Russians who ultimately purchased 30,000 of these rifles. All of that contract had Cyrillic bbl markings and a serial number on the breechblock. This rifle has the Colt’s Hartford address in English on the bbl but no serial number visible. The only number observed was under the slide on top of the chamber area of the bbl. It is mounted in a 1-piece full-length walnut stock with two bbl bands and an iron 1-piece trigger guard with sling loops and a finger rest near the tail end. It has a smooth musket buttplate. The ramrod appears to be a replacement from an 1873 trapdoor. CONDITION: Fine. Bbl retains about 80% strong original blue with some thinning toward the muzzle and over the bbl in front of the rear sight. Breechblock is a mottled dark case hardening and the rear of the receiver is a mottled silver/brown color. Wood is sound and retains generous amounts of original oil finish with numerous nicks, scratches, dings & bruises. Mechanics are fine, strong bright bore with some fine light pitting in the grooves. 4-52210 JR57 (2,500-4,000)

Auction: Firearms - Fall 2004

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
	1630	$2,760.00	RARE COLT BERDAN MILITARY RIFLE. Cal. 42 Berdan. SN 7. Very rare, one of less than 100 ever made in this configuration; reference The Book of Colt Firearms, Wilson, page 475-479. It has a 32-1/2″ rnd bbl with square base dovetailed barley corn front sight and 1,400 yard ladder rear sight. It has a rectangular bayonet lug on the right side near the muzzle. It is a trapdoor style single shot manufactured by Colt in the period 1866-1869. The design was prompted by the Russians who ultimately purchased 30,000 of these rifles. All of that contract had Cyrillic bbl markings and a serial number on the breechblock. This rifle has the Colt’s Hartford address in English on the bbl but no serial number visible. The only number observed was under the slide on top of the chamber area of the bbl. It is mounted in a 1-piece full-length walnut stock with two bbl bands and an iron 1-piece trigger guard with sling loops and a finger rest near the tail end. It has a smooth musket buttplate. The ramrod appears to be a replacement from an 1873 trapdoor. CONDITION: Fine. Bbl retains about 80% strong original blue with some thinning toward the muzzle and over the bbl in front of the rear sight. Breechblock is a mottled dark case hardening and the rear of the receiver is a mottled silver/brown color. Wood is sound and retains generous amounts of original oil finish with numerous nicks, scratches, dings & bruises. Mechanics are fine, strong bright bore with some fine light pitting in the grooves. 4-52210 JR57 (2,500-4,000) Auction: Firearms - Fall 2004 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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