RARE HIGH CONDITION COLT BURGESS SADDLE RING CARBINE.

RARE HIGH CONDITION COLT BURGESS SADDLE RING CARBINE. SN 3975. Cal. 44 WCF (44-40). Usual configuration with 20″ rnd bbl, full magazine, barleycorn front sight and reverse mounted carbine ladder rear sight with 900 yards graduations on the inside of the standing leaf. It has usual marking on top of the bbl forward of the rear sight. Left side of receiver is marked with the rampant Colt and has a staple & ring in the left rear. Mounted with very nicely figured, uncheckered American walnut with straight stock and carbine buttplate with trap. Bottom of stock has an empty silver initial oval. According to Flayderman’s Guide to Antique American Firearms only 1,621 of these rare carbines were produced in the period 1883-1885. Of those few carbines produced very few survive today with orig configuration and finish. PROVENANCE: David Crocker Estate Collection. CONDITION: Very fine to extremely fine. Bbl may have been originally brown and today retains about 97-98% strong dark brown finish. Magazine tube retains a smooth plum blue finish that also may have been originally brown. Receiver retains 93-95% glossy orig Colt blue with edge wear and some light flaking over the top. Lever & hammer retain case colors in sheltered areas being mostly heavily cleaned to light metal color. Buttplate retains 25-30% faded case colors with fine pitting on the toe. Wood is sound with minor nicks & scratches and retains about all of a fine professionally restored finish. Mechanics are crisp, brilliant shiny bore. 4-36883 JR316 (12,500-17,500)

Auction: Firearms - Fall 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.

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	2136	$12,650.00	RARE HIGH CONDITION COLT BURGESS SADDLE RING CARBINE. SN 3975. Cal. 44 WCF (44-40). Usual configuration with 20″ rnd bbl, full magazine, barleycorn front sight and reverse mounted carbine ladder rear sight with 900 yards graduations on the inside of the standing leaf. It has usual marking on top of the bbl forward of the rear sight. Left side of receiver is marked with the rampant Colt and has a staple & ring in the left rear. Mounted with very nicely figured, uncheckered American walnut with straight stock and carbine buttplate with trap. Bottom of stock has an empty silver initial oval. According to Flayderman’s Guide to Antique American Firearms only 1,621 of these rare carbines were produced in the period 1883-1885. Of those few carbines produced very few survive today with orig configuration and finish. PROVENANCE: David Crocker Estate Collection. CONDITION: Very fine to extremely fine. Bbl may have been originally brown and today retains about 97-98% strong dark brown finish. Magazine tube retains a smooth plum blue finish that also may have been originally brown. Receiver retains 93-95% glossy orig Colt blue with edge wear and some light flaking over the top. Lever & hammer retain case colors in sheltered areas being mostly heavily cleaned to light metal color. Buttplate retains 25-30% faded case colors with fine pitting on the toe. Wood is sound with minor nicks & scratches and retains about all of a fine professionally restored finish. Mechanics are crisp, brilliant shiny bore. 4-36883 JR316 (12,500-17,500) Auction: Firearms - Fall 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.

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