EXTREMELY RARE CASED CIVILIAN PRESENTATION QUALITY SAVAGE NAVY PERCUSSION REVOLVER.

EXTREMELY RARE CASED CIVILIAN PRESENTATION QUALITY SAVAGE NAVY PERCUSSION REVOLVER. SN 1296. Cal. 36. Extraordinary deluxe Savage revolver with 7-1/8″ oct bbl, brass pin front sight and 3-line address on top strap. Bbl, frame, cyl & rammer housing are all deluxe high polish blue while the trigger guard, ring trigger, hammer and rammer handle are color case hardened. Mounted with deluxe, highly figured, smooth walnut 2-pc grips that, unnumbered, but are absolutely orig to this revolver. Accompanied by an orig Savage, burgundy velvet lined mahogany casing, compartmented in the bottom for the revolver, a sgl sided bird dog & birds figure-8 flask, a sgl cavity steel Savage mold with sprue cutter, a Savage screwdriver/nipple wrench, a tin of Eley’s caps and a functioning key. According to Flayderman’s Guide to Antique American Firearms there were about 20,000 of these revolvers produced in the period 1861 to the mid-1860s of which about 12,000 were sold on government contract. There is no indication of the number of presentation quality revolvers produced but it is almost certainly a very limited number and of those, extremely few were cased. CONDITION: Revolver is extremely fine plus, all matching except grips which are unnumbered, appears to be unfired. Bbl retains about 98-99% crisp glossy orig blue and the frame 86-88% strong orig blue with the loss areas flaked, not worn, to a light patina; backstrap is a gray patina; cyl retains about 93-95% glossy orig blue with loss areas flaked to a medium patina; trigger guard, ring trigger, hammer, rammer handle & rammer latch stud retain about all of their orig case colors, brilliant in most areas, somewhat faded on others. Grips are crisp with extremely fine scratch by left escutcheon and a couple of other tiny mars in the finish and retain about all of their brilliant orig varnish. Mechanics are crisp, brilliant shiny bore. Case is sound with usual handling & storage nicks, scratches and a series of dings on left rear edge of the top; interior is crisp with bright color and damage from the front sight; flask is very fine, retaining most of its orig finish; mold & tool are blue/gray patina with fine pitting on sprue cutter; cap tin is fine. 4-46390 JR181 (27,500-32,500)

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
	2130	$46,000.00	EXTREMELY RARE CASED CIVILIAN PRESENTATION QUALITY SAVAGE NAVY PERCUSSION REVOLVER. SN 1296. Cal. 36. Extraordinary deluxe Savage revolver with 7-1/8″ oct bbl, brass pin front sight and 3-line address on top strap. Bbl, frame, cyl & rammer housing are all deluxe high polish blue while the trigger guard, ring trigger, hammer and rammer handle are color case hardened. Mounted with deluxe, highly figured, smooth walnut 2-pc grips that, unnumbered, but are absolutely orig to this revolver. Accompanied by an orig Savage, burgundy velvet lined mahogany casing, compartmented in the bottom for the revolver, a sgl sided bird dog & birds figure-8 flask, a sgl cavity steel Savage mold with sprue cutter, a Savage screwdriver/nipple wrench, a tin of Eley’s caps and a functioning key. According to Flayderman’s Guide to Antique American Firearms there were about 20,000 of these revolvers produced in the period 1861 to the mid-1860s of which about 12,000 were sold on government contract. There is no indication of the number of presentation quality revolvers produced but it is almost certainly a very limited number and of those, extremely few were cased. CONDITION: Revolver is extremely fine plus, all matching except grips which are unnumbered, appears to be unfired. Bbl retains about 98-99% crisp glossy orig blue and the frame 86-88% strong orig blue with the loss areas flaked, not worn, to a light patina; backstrap is a gray patina; cyl retains about 93-95% glossy orig blue with loss areas flaked to a medium patina; trigger guard, ring trigger, hammer, rammer handle & rammer latch stud retain about all of their orig case colors, brilliant in most areas, somewhat faded on others. Grips are crisp with extremely fine scratch by left escutcheon and a couple of other tiny mars in the finish and retain about all of their brilliant orig varnish. Mechanics are crisp, brilliant shiny bore. Case is sound with usual handling & storage nicks, scratches and a series of dings on left rear edge of the top; interior is crisp with bright color and damage from the front sight; flask is very fine, retaining most of its orig finish; mold & tool are blue/gray patina with fine pitting on sprue cutter; cap tin is fine. 4-46390 JR181 (27,500-32,500) 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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