RARE AND UNUSUAL COLT MODEL 1839 REVOLVING CARBINE.

RARE AND UNUSUAL COLT MODEL 1839 REVOLVING CARBINE. SN 908. Cal. 45. Most unusual carbine with 24″ bbl that has 14 facets over the first 10″ with brass pin front sight and an added military style carbine rear sight with slide graduated to 1,500 yds. Bbl is brazed into the lug which has an attached rammer on the right side. Left side of the lug has the usual Patent Arms markings. The orig 52 cal. smooth bore has been sleeved and rifled to its present cal. Cylinder is usual 6-shots that has had all of the chambers sleeved to the smaller cal. It has serpentine trigger guard/finger rest and is mounted with an uncheckered walnut stock with straight grip and semi-crescent smooth steel buttplate. SN was observed on the rear face of the bbl lug, on the rammer, wedge, wedge spring, rotating collar, cylinder spindle keeper, rear face of cylinder and inside toe of the buttplate. No additional disassembly was effected to check for additional matching parts. Only about 950 of these rare carbines were produced in the period 1838-1841. Out of that number, 360 were purchased by the U.S. Government and another 25 had a longer cylinder, with the earliest production made without attached rammer. While actual production figures for this specific model are not known to this cataloger, this certainly is an extremely rare carbine. Accompanied by an 1852 Colt catalog, dated 1854, printed in England, with about 10 pgs. regarding the improvement to Colt firearms and a large fold-out on cloth backed paper containing line drawings for the Model 1839 carbine, specifically showing the loading apparatus. Upper left corner of this fold out is dated 1849 and there are two seals of the Manchester Free Library dated 1851. Center of the catalog is missing numerous pages, which appear to have been cut out. Also accompanied by a very old hand-sewn cloth sleeve, made from a variety of what appear to be cotton materials and other patchwork materials. Sleeve is approximately 50″ long x 6″ wide at the opening tapering to about 2″ at the tip. Sleeve is very fragile and missing quite a bit of its orig colorful covering. CONDITION: Good to very good. Metal overall retains most of a restored blue finish. Cylinder retains its visible printed legends with traces of its orig. elaborate, roll-marked scene. Trigger guard shows considerable wear with a plummy/brown patina. Stock has a repair through the wrist and a few light handling and storage marks and retains most of an old refinish. Mechanics are fine with bright shiny bore. Catalog is fragile with broken spine and chips missing from the edge of front cover, and back cover is missing. Sleeve is also very fragile, missing a substantial portion of its colorful material. 4-39804 JR417 (12,500-17,500)

Auction: Firearms - Spring 2010

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
	2085	$0.00	RARE AND UNUSUAL COLT MODEL 1839 REVOLVING CARBINE. SN 908. Cal. 45. Most unusual carbine with 24″ bbl that has 14 facets over the first 10″ with brass pin front sight and an added military style carbine rear sight with slide graduated to 1,500 yds. Bbl is brazed into the lug which has an attached rammer on the right side. Left side of the lug has the usual Patent Arms markings. The orig 52 cal. smooth bore has been sleeved and rifled to its present cal. Cylinder is usual 6-shots that has had all of the chambers sleeved to the smaller cal. It has serpentine trigger guard/finger rest and is mounted with an uncheckered walnut stock with straight grip and semi-crescent smooth steel buttplate. SN was observed on the rear face of the bbl lug, on the rammer, wedge, wedge spring, rotating collar, cylinder spindle keeper, rear face of cylinder and inside toe of the buttplate. No additional disassembly was effected to check for additional matching parts. Only about 950 of these rare carbines were produced in the period 1838-1841. Out of that number, 360 were purchased by the U.S. Government and another 25 had a longer cylinder, with the earliest production made without attached rammer. While actual production figures for this specific model are not known to this cataloger, this certainly is an extremely rare carbine. Accompanied by an 1852 Colt catalog, dated 1854, printed in England, with about 10 pgs. regarding the improvement to Colt firearms and a large fold-out on cloth backed paper containing line drawings for the Model 1839 carbine, specifically showing the loading apparatus. Upper left corner of this fold out is dated 1849 and there are two seals of the Manchester Free Library dated 1851. Center of the catalog is missing numerous pages, which appear to have been cut out. Also accompanied by a very old hand-sewn cloth sleeve, made from a variety of what appear to be cotton materials and other patchwork materials. Sleeve is approximately 50″ long x 6″ wide at the opening tapering to about 2″ at the tip. Sleeve is very fragile and missing quite a bit of its orig colorful covering. CONDITION: Good to very good. Metal overall retains most of a restored blue finish. Cylinder retains its visible printed legends with traces of its orig. elaborate, roll-marked scene. Trigger guard shows considerable wear with a plummy/brown patina. Stock has a repair through the wrist and a few light handling and storage marks and retains most of an old refinish. Mechanics are fine with bright shiny bore. Catalog is fragile with broken spine and chips missing from the edge of front cover, and back cover is missing. Sleeve is also very fragile, missing a substantial portion of its colorful material. 4-39804 JR417 (12,500-17,500) Auction: Firearms - Spring 2010 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.

.red{fill:#B50938;} .white{fill:#FFFFFF;} .blue{fill:#005596;}