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558
$5,175.00

CASED ADAMS PATENT PERCUSSION REVOLVER. Cal. 455. SN 350. Blue finish with 6″ oct bbl, tiny dovetail front sight and fixed rear sight. It has a rammer and lever attached to the left side of the bbl and is fitted with checkered 1-pc walnut grip. It has a long 5-shot cylinder with a safety on the right side of the frame along with “ADAMS PATENT NO 100354C”. It is accompanied by its orig English style oak casing, lined with green felt, compartmented for the revolver, an ebony handled nipple wrench & turn screw and an ebony handled brass tipped wiping rod with concealed worm. It also has an orig Adams Patent 2-cavity brass mold with iron sprue cutter stamped on the left side “54”. Also included is a Dixon copper & brass 3-compartmented flask for powder, caps & ball. It has a covered compartment on the right end and open compartments containing felted lead balls and four spare nipples. CONDITION: Extremely fine. Retains about 97-98% glossy bright orig blue overall with fine edge wear and slight muzzle wear. Mechanics are crisp with bright shiny bore. Grips show very light wear. Case has a couple of cracks in the lid and another two or three in the bottom with numerous small nicks, scratches & dings, a slightly warped lid, lightly faded and soiled interior with a couple of moth holes in the lining and some missing slivers from the dust seal. Flask is extremely fine retaining virtually all of its orig factory finish. Mold is equally fine, nearly new with about 80% blue still on the sprue cutter. Tools are equally fine. 4-55027 JR670 (3,000-5,000)


Auction: Firearms - Spring 2005
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