EXTREMELY RARE SMALL BORE COLT SINGLE ACTION ARMY REVOLVER.

SN 1853. Cal. 22 RF. Nickel finish with blued screws, 7-1/2″ bbl, altered front sight and 1-line block letter address. Left side of frame has 3-line patent dates and left front web of trigger guard & bottom of bbl are marked “22 CAL”. Ejector housing is 3rd type with half moon ejector rod head. Base pin is orig type with dimpled ends. Mounted with 2-pc hard rubber rampant Colt & eagle grips. Accompanied by a Colt factory letter which identifies this revolver in 22 caliber with 7-1/2″ bbl, nickel finish, rubber grips and shipped to Bandle Arms Co., Cincinnati, OH, on Feb. 21, 1889 in a 1-gun shipment. There were only 107 of these rare revolvers produced by Colt 1875-1880 and were numbered in a special series with the 44 rimfire revolvers which were all in the approx. serial range of 1-1800. This revolver appears to be one of the last produced, and may be the very last one. When the 44 RF revolvers stopped selling, Colt used the last rimfire frames and made 22 caliber revolvers out of them. These 22 caliber revolvers were not big sellers either and only this very few were produced. They were more of a novelty than something anyone would seriously use. Nickeled examples are extremely rare and those with orig finish are also very rare. PROVENANCE: Tommy Rholes Estate Collection. CONDITION: Very fine. Overall retains about 90% strong orig nickel on the bbl, frame & grip frame with just about all the losses around the forcing cone area on the front part of the frame; trigger guard & back strap finish has turned a little milky with some fine pimpling on the front of the trigger plate; cyl retains 50-60% orig nickel with most of the losses around the front & front face; screws are very fine and retain most of their orig blue. Grips are sound showing light wear, turned light chocolate. Hammer is not solid in safety notch, otherwise mechanics are fine; dark bore with moderate pitting. 4-50683 JR104 (25,000-40,000) – Lot 1189

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
	1189	$25,875.00	EXTREMELY RARE SMALL BORE COLT SINGLE ACTION ARMY REVOLVER. SN 1853. Cal. 22 RF. Nickel finish with blued screws, 7-1/2″ bbl, altered front sight and 1-line block letter address. Left side of frame has 3-line patent dates and left front web of trigger guard & bottom of bbl are marked “22 CAL”. Ejector housing is 3rd type with half moon ejector rod head. Base pin is orig type with dimpled ends. Mounted with 2-pc hard rubber rampant Colt & eagle grips. Accompanied by a Colt factory letter which identifies this revolver in 22 caliber with 7-1/2″ bbl, nickel finish, rubber grips and shipped to Bandle Arms Co., Cincinnati, OH, on Feb. 21, 1889 in a 1-gun shipment. There were only 107 of these rare revolvers produced by Colt 1875-1880 and were numbered in a special series with the 44 rimfire revolvers which were all in the approx. serial range of 1-1800. This revolver appears to be one of the last produced, and may be the very last one. When the 44 RF revolvers stopped selling, Colt used the last rimfire frames and made 22 caliber revolvers out of them. These 22 caliber revolvers were not big sellers either and only this very few were produced. They were more of a novelty than something anyone would seriously use. Nickeled examples are extremely rare and those with orig finish are also very rare. PROVENANCE: Tommy Rholes Estate Collection. CONDITION: Very fine. Overall retains about 90% strong orig nickel on the bbl, frame & grip frame with just about all the losses around the forcing cone area on the front part of the frame; trigger guard & back strap finish has turned a little milky with some fine pimpling on the front of the trigger plate; cyl retains 50-60% orig nickel with most of the losses around the front & front face; screws are very fine and retain most of their orig blue. Grips are sound showing light wear, turned light chocolate. Hammer is not solid in safety notch, otherwise mechanics are fine; dark bore with moderate pitting. 4-50683 JR104 (25,000-40,000) – Lot 1189 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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EXTREMELY RARE SMALL BORE COLT SINGLE ACTION ARMY REVOLVER.