SCARCE NICKEL PLATED COLT CAVALRY SINGLE ACTION ARMY REVOLVER.

SCARCE NICKEL PLATED COLT CAVALRY SINGLE ACTION ARMY REVOLVER. SN 12661. Cal. 45 Colt. Nickel finish with 7-1/2″ bbl, full front sight and 1-line script address with serifs at each end. Frame has 2-line, 2-patent dates and a small “U.S.”. Various parts including bbl, cyl, trigger guard & backstrap have the small “A” (Orville W. Ainsworth) sub-inspector initial. Ejector housing is first type with bull’s eye ejector rod head and base pin is correct style with dimpled ends. Cyl has the early style stop notches with very short approaches and buttstrap has a sharp toe. Buttstrap also has a lanyard swivel. Mounted with 1-pc ivory grip that is constructed of two slabs of ivory attached to two wooden spacers with orig Colt style. All visible numbers are matching with the bottom of the bbl & cyl having last four digits of matching SN. These nickeled revolvers are considered “buybacks” with this revolver being part of a large shipment made to the Commonwealth of Virginia who almost immediately sold them to private dealers in New York, one being Hermann Boker who apparently took these new revolvers, had them nickel finished with civilian style grips added and sold them on the open market. Page 21 of Colt Cavalry and Artillery Revolvers…A Continuing Study, Kopec & Fenn, lists this revolver, by SN, as being one of the nickeled buyback Cavalry Single Actions. CONDITION: Very fine, all matching except grip which is unnumbered. Overall retains most of its strong nickel finish with slight muzzle edge losses, some light pimpling on right side of frame and worn or cleaned to bare metal on about half of the backstrap; cyl retains traces of orig nickel, being mostly a cleaned gray metal patina with some fine pitting in cloth patterns. Grip is sound with a few natural age lines and retains a golden ivory patina. Mechanics are crisp, strong bore with scattered fine pitting. 4-48762 JR328 (8,000-12,000)

Auction: Firearms - Fall 2013

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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	2028	$10,350.00	SCARCE NICKEL PLATED COLT CAVALRY SINGLE ACTION ARMY REVOLVER. SN 12661. Cal. 45 Colt. Nickel finish with 7-1/2″ bbl, full front sight and 1-line script address with serifs at each end. Frame has 2-line, 2-patent dates and a small “U.S.”. Various parts including bbl, cyl, trigger guard & backstrap have the small “A” (Orville W. Ainsworth) sub-inspector initial. Ejector housing is first type with bull’s eye ejector rod head and base pin is correct style with dimpled ends. Cyl has the early style stop notches with very short approaches and buttstrap has a sharp toe. Buttstrap also has a lanyard swivel. Mounted with 1-pc ivory grip that is constructed of two slabs of ivory attached to two wooden spacers with orig Colt style. All visible numbers are matching with the bottom of the bbl & cyl having last four digits of matching SN. These nickeled revolvers are considered “buybacks” with this revolver being part of a large shipment made to the Commonwealth of Virginia who almost immediately sold them to private dealers in New York, one being Hermann Boker who apparently took these new revolvers, had them nickel finished with civilian style grips added and sold them on the open market. Page 21 of Colt Cavalry and Artillery Revolvers…A Continuing Study, Kopec & Fenn, lists this revolver, by SN, as being one of the nickeled buyback Cavalry Single Actions. CONDITION: Very fine, all matching except grip which is unnumbered. Overall retains most of its strong nickel finish with slight muzzle edge losses, some light pimpling on right side of frame and worn or cleaned to bare metal on about half of the backstrap; cyl retains traces of orig nickel, being mostly a cleaned gray metal patina with some fine pitting in cloth patterns. Grip is sound with a few natural age lines and retains a golden ivory patina. Mechanics are crisp, strong bore with scattered fine pitting. 4-48762 JR328 (8,000-12,000) Auction: Firearms - Fall 2013 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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