UNMARKED COLT/METROPOLITAN STYLE NAVY SIZE PRESENTATION PERCUSSION REVOLVER SERIAL NUMBER 19 TO “LIEUT. G.N. WILLIAMS FROM CITY OF CANANDAIGUA”.

UNMARKED COLT/METROPOLITAN STYLE NAVY SIZE PRESENTATION PERCUSSION REVOLVER SERIAL NUMBER 19 TO “LIEUT. G.N. WILLIAMS FROM CITY OF CANANDAIGUA”. SN 19. Cal. 36. This revolver appears to be a Colt or Metropolitan Navy revolver without bbl or frame markings except the SNs. It has 7-1/2″ oct bbl with brass pin front sight. Rammer appears to be from a Colt ’51 Navy with the rammer pivot screw entering from the right side. The bbl lug rammer screw is replaced with a rivet that appears to have been made from a nail. Frame & hammer appear to be correct for a Colt revolver with silver plated small guard brass trigger guard & backstrap containing a 1-pc walnut grip with matching SN in backstrap channel. Cyl is usual 6-shots without roll marking and only the SN on outer diameter. Five of the six safety pins are serviceable. SNs are found in all of the proper places and are matching except for wedge which is unnumbered. Backstrap is engraved in period script with the presentation “To Lieut. G.N. Williams from the citizens / of Canandaigua Jan. 12th 1862”. Mr. Williams was apparently a banker in Canandaigua and enlisted as a Private on Oct. 10, 1861 and was commissioned into Company K, 98th NY Infantry, promoted to Captain May 22, 1862 and discharged June 2, 1863. CONDITION: Fair, all matching except wedge. No orig finish remains with the bbl a smooth plum/brown patina; rammer & handle are silvered case colors; frame is a silver/gray patina with traces of silvered case colors; cyl is a smooth silver/brown patina; trigger guard retains 50-60% thin silver and the backstrap about 50% thin silver. Grip is sound showing light to moderate wear and retains about 50% orig varnish. Mechanics are fine, strong bore with heavy pitting. 4-46689 JR167 (4,000-7,000)

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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	2070	$3,162.50	UNMARKED COLT/METROPOLITAN STYLE NAVY SIZE PRESENTATION PERCUSSION REVOLVER SERIAL NUMBER 19 TO “LIEUT. G.N. WILLIAMS FROM CITY OF CANANDAIGUA”. SN 19. Cal. 36. This revolver appears to be a Colt or Metropolitan Navy revolver without bbl or frame markings except the SNs. It has 7-1/2″ oct bbl with brass pin front sight. Rammer appears to be from a Colt ’51 Navy with the rammer pivot screw entering from the right side. The bbl lug rammer screw is replaced with a rivet that appears to have been made from a nail. Frame & hammer appear to be correct for a Colt revolver with silver plated small guard brass trigger guard & backstrap containing a 1-pc walnut grip with matching SN in backstrap channel. Cyl is usual 6-shots without roll marking and only the SN on outer diameter. Five of the six safety pins are serviceable. SNs are found in all of the proper places and are matching except for wedge which is unnumbered. Backstrap is engraved in period script with the presentation “To Lieut. G.N. Williams from the citizens / of Canandaigua Jan. 12th 1862”. Mr. Williams was apparently a banker in Canandaigua and enlisted as a Private on Oct. 10, 1861 and was commissioned into Company K, 98th NY Infantry, promoted to Captain May 22, 1862 and discharged June 2, 1863. CONDITION: Fair, all matching except wedge. No orig finish remains with the bbl a smooth plum/brown patina; rammer & handle are silvered case colors; frame is a silver/gray patina with traces of silvered case colors; cyl is a smooth silver/brown patina; trigger guard retains 50-60% thin silver and the backstrap about 50% thin silver. Grip is sound showing light to moderate wear and retains about 50% orig varnish. Mechanics are fine, strong bore with heavy pitting. 4-46689 JR167 (4,000-7,000) 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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