RARE COLT 1883 SPECIAL ORDER SIDE-BY-SIDE SHOTGUN.

RARE COLT 1883 SPECIAL ORDER SIDE-BY-SIDE SHOTGUN. SN 7814. Cal. 10 ga. 30″ Damascus steel bbls, matted concave rib with sgl brass sighting bead, 2-3/4″ chambers, extractors and double triggers. Top rib of bbls marked “COLT’S PT F MFG CO HARTFORD CT USA”. Hammerless receiver is beautifully engraved with foliate scroll, a setter and 2 quail on left side and pointer and grouse on right side. Floorplate with scroll and marked “Patented / AUG. 22 Sep. 19 1882″. Trigger guard bow is engraved with an oval with wavy line border around a game bird. Mounted with nicely figured walnut, checkered side panels with arrowhead dropper, checkered pistol grip with sculpted horn grip cap, hard rubber buttplate with Rampant Colt logo, blank gold initial oval, checkered splinter forend with ebony tip insert. Bore diameter: left – .775, right – .773. Bore restrictions: left – .030, right – .030. Wall thickness: left – .034, right – .047. Drop at heel: 3-1/8″, drop at comb: 1-3/4″. Weight: 9 lbs. 1 oz. LOP 14-3/8”. Gun is accompanied by a Colt factory letter identifying it as 10 ga, blue finish, wood stocks, weighing 9 lbs 1 oz, furnished with $125 of enhancements, shipped to Simmons Hardware, St. Louis, Mo, April 14, 1896, only gun in shipment. Under remarks “as noted above, the subject shotgun was furnished with $125 enhancements, unfortunately the records do not provide details as to the specific type of enhancements.” CONDITION: Fine, bbl retain 70-80% of its brown Damascus pattern, blending in area of forend tip with silver and dark patina, thinning and blending with silver in chamber area and a few minor dark spots of surface oxidation. Receiver has traces of orig case coloring in protected areas but is mostly a silver blending with brown patina. Stock is sound with good checkering but is very unusual in that the right side is extremely dark and difficult to see grain whereas left side is much lighter and the grain is visible. Stock has some nicks and dings and usual handling marks and appears to be orig finish or possible just a light coat of added finish. Forend is sound with only slightly flat checkering, some minor nicks and dings and retains matching finish to the buttstock. Mechanics are good with automatic safety and decent bore on right bbl with only a few minor shallow pits, left bbl is a little rougher with numerous shallow to moderate pits. 4-38232 BDT74 (6,000-8,000)

Auction: Firearms - Fall 2009

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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	1388	$0.00	RARE COLT 1883 SPECIAL ORDER SIDE-BY-SIDE SHOTGUN. SN 7814. Cal. 10 ga. 30″ Damascus steel bbls, matted concave rib with sgl brass sighting bead, 2-3/4″ chambers, extractors and double triggers. Top rib of bbls marked “COLT’S PT F MFG CO HARTFORD CT USA”. Hammerless receiver is beautifully engraved with foliate scroll, a setter and 2 quail on left side and pointer and grouse on right side. Floorplate with scroll and marked “Patented / AUG. 22 Sep. 19 1882″. Trigger guard bow is engraved with an oval with wavy line border around a game bird. Mounted with nicely figured walnut, checkered side panels with arrowhead dropper, checkered pistol grip with sculpted horn grip cap, hard rubber buttplate with Rampant Colt logo, blank gold initial oval, checkered splinter forend with ebony tip insert. Bore diameter: left – .775, right – .773. Bore restrictions: left – .030, right – .030. Wall thickness: left – .034, right – .047. Drop at heel: 3-1/8″, drop at comb: 1-3/4″. Weight: 9 lbs. 1 oz. LOP 14-3/8”. Gun is accompanied by a Colt factory letter identifying it as 10 ga, blue finish, wood stocks, weighing 9 lbs 1 oz, furnished with $125 of enhancements, shipped to Simmons Hardware, St. Louis, Mo, April 14, 1896, only gun in shipment. Under remarks “as noted above, the subject shotgun was furnished with $125 enhancements, unfortunately the records do not provide details as to the specific type of enhancements.” CONDITION: Fine, bbl retain 70-80% of its brown Damascus pattern, blending in area of forend tip with silver and dark patina, thinning and blending with silver in chamber area and a few minor dark spots of surface oxidation. Receiver has traces of orig case coloring in protected areas but is mostly a silver blending with brown patina. Stock is sound with good checkering but is very unusual in that the right side is extremely dark and difficult to see grain whereas left side is much lighter and the grain is visible. Stock has some nicks and dings and usual handling marks and appears to be orig finish or possible just a light coat of added finish. Forend is sound with only slightly flat checkering, some minor nicks and dings and retains matching finish to the buttstock. Mechanics are good with automatic safety and decent bore on right bbl with only a few minor shallow pits, left bbl is a little rougher with numerous shallow to moderate pits. 4-38232 BDT74 (6,000-8,000) Auction: Firearms - Fall 2009 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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