COLT MODEL 1861 SPECIAL MUSKET.

COLT MODEL 1861 SPECIAL MUSKET. SN NSN. Cal. 58. Rare Colt “Special Musket” with 39-1/2″ rnd bbl, square base front sight/bayonet lug with 3-leaf musket rear sight and three bands with sling swivels. It has a 2-pc trigger guard & a tulip head ramrod. It has usual inspector marks & lockplate markings with date “1864” on top of bbl flat and lockplate. Left side flat has two crisp cartouches with small inspector initials on & below trigger guard and on comb of stock, in front of buttplate tang and on other parts. Quite a number of these well made rifle/muskets were produced at Colt with many of them going to state militias accounting for their high percentage of high condition pieces still found today. CONDITION: Very fine to extremely fine. Bbl retains generous amounts of its orig polish with top area being mostly a medium gray patina. Lockplate & hammer, likewise, have turned a shiny gray patina with generous amounts of orig bright finish remaining. Stock is completely sound with the feathery look and retains most of its fine factory oil finish with a couple of light scratches. Mechanics are crisp, brilliant shiny bore, probably unfired. 4-32819 JR446 (3,500-5,000)

Auction: Firearms - Fall 2007

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
	1473	$4,312.00	COLT MODEL 1861 SPECIAL MUSKET. SN NSN. Cal. 58. Rare Colt “Special Musket” with 39-1/2″ rnd bbl, square base front sight/bayonet lug with 3-leaf musket rear sight and three bands with sling swivels. It has a 2-pc trigger guard & a tulip head ramrod. It has usual inspector marks & lockplate markings with date “1864” on top of bbl flat and lockplate. Left side flat has two crisp cartouches with small inspector initials on & below trigger guard and on comb of stock, in front of buttplate tang and on other parts. Quite a number of these well made rifle/muskets were produced at Colt with many of them going to state militias accounting for their high percentage of high condition pieces still found today. CONDITION: Very fine to extremely fine. Bbl retains generous amounts of its orig polish with top area being mostly a medium gray patina. Lockplate & hammer, likewise, have turned a shiny gray patina with generous amounts of orig bright finish remaining. Stock is completely sound with the feathery look and retains most of its fine factory oil finish with a couple of light scratches. Mechanics are crisp, brilliant shiny bore, probably unfired. 4-32819 JR446 (3,500-5,000) Auction: Firearms - Fall 2007 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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