RARE COLT BURGESS BABY SADDLE RING CARBINE.

SN 5283. Cal. 44 WCF (44-40). Standard grade Baby Carbine with 20″ bbl, full magazine, barleycorn front sight and reverse mounted Colt 900 yard carbine ladder rear sight. Receiver has the rampant Colt roll marking on the left side along with a staple & ring. Mounted with uncheckered, straight grain American walnut with straight stock & carbine buttplate with trap. According to Flayderman’s Guide to Antique American Firearms there were only 6,403 Burgess rifles & carbines produced during the period 1883-1885. Of that number only 972 are identified in the Colt factory ledgers as Baby Carbines, making this a very rare Colt Firearm. This carbine weighs 5 lbs. 6.72 oz. and a standard carbine weighs about 6 lbs. 11.5 oz. Very few of these Baby Carbines survive today and of those most are in well used with little orig finish. PROVENANCE: Tommy Rholes Estate Collection. CONDITION: Fine plus. Bbl & magazine tube retain about 75% thin orig brown finish with completely legible address; receiver retains traces of blue in sheltered areas being mostly a smooth silver/brown patina; lever & hammer retain faded case colors in sheltered areas being mostly a silver patina. Forearm has the obligatory crack on the right side over the loading gate area, otherwise the wood is sound with nicks & scratches and retains about all of an old refinish. Mechanics are fine, strong bore, frosty in the grooves. 4-50650 JR161 (12,500-17,500) – Lot 1326

Auction: Firearms - Spring 2014

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
	1326	$13,800.00	RARE COLT BURGESS BABY SADDLE RING CARBINE. SN 5283. Cal. 44 WCF (44-40). Standard grade Baby Carbine with 20″ bbl, full magazine, barleycorn front sight and reverse mounted Colt 900 yard carbine ladder rear sight. Receiver has the rampant Colt roll marking on the left side along with a staple & ring. Mounted with uncheckered, straight grain American walnut with straight stock & carbine buttplate with trap. According to Flayderman’s Guide to Antique American Firearms there were only 6,403 Burgess rifles & carbines produced during the period 1883-1885. Of that number only 972 are identified in the Colt factory ledgers as Baby Carbines, making this a very rare Colt Firearm. This carbine weighs 5 lbs. 6.72 oz. and a standard carbine weighs about 6 lbs. 11.5 oz. Very few of these Baby Carbines survive today and of those most are in well used with little orig finish. PROVENANCE: Tommy Rholes Estate Collection. CONDITION: Fine plus. Bbl & magazine tube retain about 75% thin orig brown finish with completely legible address; receiver retains traces of blue in sheltered areas being mostly a smooth silver/brown patina; lever & hammer retain faded case colors in sheltered areas being mostly a silver patina. Forearm has the obligatory crack on the right side over the loading gate area, otherwise the wood is sound with nicks & scratches and retains about all of an old refinish. Mechanics are fine, strong bore, frosty in the grooves. 4-50650 JR161 (12,500-17,500) – Lot 1326 Auction: Firearms - Spring 2014 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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RARE COLT BURGESS BABY SADDLE RING CARBINE.