EXTREMELY RARE EARLY CASED ENGRAVED COLT OPEN TOP REVOLVER WITH EJECTOR ROD.

EXTREMELY RARE EARLY CASED ENGRAVED COLT OPEN TOP REVOLVER WITH EJECTOR ROD. SN 766. Cal. 22 Short. Tiny brass frame revolver with extremely rare 2-7/8″ rnd bbl, missing front sight with 7-shot rnd cylinder & brass frame with 2-pc pearl bird head grips. Bbl has 2-line Hartford address with the 2nd type flat firing pin on hammer nose and high hammer spur. Revolver has about 60% coverage fine New York style Nimschke engraving with foliate arabesque patterns and punch dot background. Both front sides of frame, ejector rod housing and cylinder pin housing with matching patterns behind hammer slot have fine feather patterns. Top of back strap has Nimschke’s sunburst pattern. Ejector rod is missing. Accompanied by an orig burgundy velvet lined rosewood casing with a silver, scalloped-edge plate in lid and compartmented in bottom with French fitted form for revolver and a cartridge block with holes for 28 cartridges. Accompanied also by a functioning key. According to The Book of Colt Firearms, Wilson, only a few hundred of this model revolver was manufactured with 2-7/8″ bbl & ejector rod and of that number only a very few, probably ten or fewer, are known with Nimschke engraving. As of the writing of this book the authors had never seen an American cased long barreled open top. CONDITION: Revolver is fine, all matching except grips which are unnumbered. No orig finish remains having been cleaned to a light gray metal patina on bbl & cylinder with a medium mustard patina on brass frame. Right grip has a repaired crack through escutcheon, otherwise grips are fine with great fire & color. Mechanics are fine, strong dark bore. Case is very fine with a couple of minor grain checks in lid and usual light handling & storage nicks & scratches. Interior is lightly faded with minor soil in bottom from cylinder & grip. Altogether a beautiful and rare set suitable to fill a hole in anyone’s collection. 4-37303 JR37 (5,000-8,000)

Auction: Firearms - Spring 2009

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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	2117	$2,419.00	EXTREMELY RARE EARLY CASED ENGRAVED COLT OPEN TOP REVOLVER WITH EJECTOR ROD. SN 766. Cal. 22 Short. Tiny brass frame revolver with extremely rare 2-7/8″ rnd bbl, missing front sight with 7-shot rnd cylinder & brass frame with 2-pc pearl bird head grips. Bbl has 2-line Hartford address with the 2nd type flat firing pin on hammer nose and high hammer spur. Revolver has about 60% coverage fine New York style Nimschke engraving with foliate arabesque patterns and punch dot background. Both front sides of frame, ejector rod housing and cylinder pin housing with matching patterns behind hammer slot have fine feather patterns. Top of back strap has Nimschke’s sunburst pattern. Ejector rod is missing. Accompanied by an orig burgundy velvet lined rosewood casing with a silver, scalloped-edge plate in lid and compartmented in bottom with French fitted form for revolver and a cartridge block with holes for 28 cartridges. Accompanied also by a functioning key. According to The Book of Colt Firearms, Wilson, only a few hundred of this model revolver was manufactured with 2-7/8″ bbl & ejector rod and of that number only a very few, probably ten or fewer, are known with Nimschke engraving. As of the writing of this book the authors had never seen an American cased long barreled open top. CONDITION: Revolver is fine, all matching except grips which are unnumbered. No orig finish remains having been cleaned to a light gray metal patina on bbl & cylinder with a medium mustard patina on brass frame. Right grip has a repaired crack through escutcheon, otherwise grips are fine with great fire & color. Mechanics are fine, strong dark bore. Case is very fine with a couple of minor grain checks in lid and usual light handling & storage nicks & scratches. Interior is lightly faded with minor soil in bottom from cylinder & grip. Altogether a beautiful and rare set suitable to fill a hole in anyone’s collection. 4-37303 JR37 (5,000-8,000) Auction: Firearms - Spring 2009 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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