SCARCE COLT MODEL 1860 FLUTED ARMY PERCUSSION REVOLVER.

SCARCE COLT MODEL 1860 FLUTED ARMY PERCUSSION REVOLVER. SN 860. Cal. 44. Usual configuration with scarce 7-1/2″ rnd bbl, German silver front sight and 1-line Hartford address with dashes. Frame is 4-screw style with flathead hammer screw and short rnd head stock screws. Left side of frame has a tiny “COLTS PATENT”. Cyl is 6-shots, and full fluted with SN in one flute and a patent date in another. The silver plated brass trigger guard & steel backstrap contain a varnished 1-pc walnut grip with matching SN in backstrap channel. According to The Book of Colt Firearms, Wilson, there were about 4,000 Model 1860 Colts ever made of which only about half had 7-1/2″ bbls, with the balance the later standard 8″. Given that this model of Colt made its debut shortly before the onset of the Civil War and there are records of several deliveries to Southern distributors, some just days before the shelling of Fort Sumter, these earliest fluted Armys are considered to be possibly Confederate arms. CONDITION: Fine, all matching including wedge, cyl & grip. Bbl retains blue in sheltered areas being mostly a plummy brown patina; rammer handle retains strong, dark case colors; frame retains 65-70% orig case colors, strong & bright on right side, turning plummy on left side with visible colors in sheltered areas; hammer retains about 75% bright case colors; cyl retains thin orig blue, mostly in flutes & rebated areas with several light hammer marks around circumference; trigger guard retains 85-90% strong, dark oxidized silver and the backstrap about 80% strong silver with some pimpling. Grip is sound showing light to moderate edge wear with a few nicks and two carved notches on left side and overall retains most of its strong orig varnish with hammer marks on bottom edges. Mechanics are fine, strong bore with fine pitting. 4-46704 JR161 (5,000-6,000)

Auction: Firearms - Fall 2012

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
	1507	$8,625.00	SCARCE COLT MODEL 1860 FLUTED ARMY PERCUSSION REVOLVER. SN 860. Cal. 44. Usual configuration with scarce 7-1/2″ rnd bbl, German silver front sight and 1-line Hartford address with dashes. Frame is 4-screw style with flathead hammer screw and short rnd head stock screws. Left side of frame has a tiny “COLTS PATENT”. Cyl is 6-shots, and full fluted with SN in one flute and a patent date in another. The silver plated brass trigger guard & steel backstrap contain a varnished 1-pc walnut grip with matching SN in backstrap channel. According to The Book of Colt Firearms, Wilson, there were about 4,000 Model 1860 Colts ever made of which only about half had 7-1/2″ bbls, with the balance the later standard 8″. Given that this model of Colt made its debut shortly before the onset of the Civil War and there are records of several deliveries to Southern distributors, some just days before the shelling of Fort Sumter, these earliest fluted Armys are considered to be possibly Confederate arms. CONDITION: Fine, all matching including wedge, cyl & grip. Bbl retains blue in sheltered areas being mostly a plummy brown patina; rammer handle retains strong, dark case colors; frame retains 65-70% orig case colors, strong & bright on right side, turning plummy on left side with visible colors in sheltered areas; hammer retains about 75% bright case colors; cyl retains thin orig blue, mostly in flutes & rebated areas with several light hammer marks around circumference; trigger guard retains 85-90% strong, dark oxidized silver and the backstrap about 80% strong silver with some pimpling. Grip is sound showing light to moderate edge wear with a few nicks and two carved notches on left side and overall retains most of its strong orig varnish with hammer marks on bottom edges. Mechanics are fine, strong bore with fine pitting. 4-46704 JR161 (5,000-6,000) Auction: Firearms - Fall 2012 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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