VERY RARE SMITH & WESSON MODEL 320 REVOLVING RIFLE.

VERY RARE SMITH & WESSON MODEL 320 REVOLVING RIFLE. SN 522. Cal. 320 S&W Rifle. Blue finish, built on a New Model No. 3 frame with 18″ keyhole shaped ribbed bbl that has 2-position flip rear sight in the top rib. It has 6-shot fluted cyl with color case hardened trigger guard & hammer. Mounted with a marbled red & black gutta percha forearm and 2-pc S&W logo red & black gutta percha grips. Accompanied by an orig attachable buttstock that has S&W embossed hard rubber buttplate. Yoke of the stock is blued steel with a threaded recess in the top tang for an attachable lollipop peep sight. Also accompanied by its orig lollipop tang sight and its orig blue & silver clip-on front sight with extremely fine crosshairs. Additionally accompanied by a most extremely rare, orig Smith & Wesson Cliber 320 revolving rifle complete reloading kit in its orig box. 2-pc box is of medium green cardboard with a directions label over the entire top. Kit consists of an sgl cavity bright steel bullet mold/capping tool with sprue cutter and handle latch, a de-capping base & de-capping pin, a brass tube powder measure with brass wire handle, a bright steel loading tool with plunger and a small wooden mallet. These revolving rifles alone are rare, especially with their orig stock and sights. The complete reloading set in its orig box makes this an extraordinarily rare package. Accompanied by a Smith & Wesson factory letter wherein company records indicate this gun being shipped with an 18″ bbl, blue finish, mottled hard rubber grips and forend on 10-15-1883 to M.W. Robinson, New York, NY who was S&W’s largest distributor. The shipment was for ten units at a cost of $20.50 each. PROVENANCE: Dr. John & Margaret Pickup Collection. CONDITION: Extremely fine plus, all matching, stock is unnumbered. The bbl, frame & cyl retain about 95% crisp orig factory blue with some minor flaking on the bbl and light flaking on the bbl, bbl lug & frame; cyl shows a little more flaking with a light drag line and a couple of small scratches; hammer & trigger guard retain most of their orig case colors, moderately faded. Forearm & grips are crisp, showing only faint diamond point wear; stock is equally new with a lightly flaked yoke; wood has a couple of very tiny nicks and overall retains about all of its orig oil finish; buttplate is crisp with no discernible wear. Sights are equally new. Reloading tool box has repaired corners & edges with a dark yellowed label and a small hole in the top with moderate soil. Tools all appear to be new & unused. Truly an extraordinary & rare set. 4-46404 JR123 (20,000-30,000)

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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	2221	$63,250.00	VERY RARE SMITH & WESSON MODEL 320 REVOLVING RIFLE. SN 522. Cal. 320 S&W Rifle. Blue finish, built on a New Model No. 3 frame with 18″ keyhole shaped ribbed bbl that has 2-position flip rear sight in the top rib. It has 6-shot fluted cyl with color case hardened trigger guard & hammer. Mounted with a marbled red & black gutta percha forearm and 2-pc S&W logo red & black gutta percha grips. Accompanied by an orig attachable buttstock that has S&W embossed hard rubber buttplate. Yoke of the stock is blued steel with a threaded recess in the top tang for an attachable lollipop peep sight. Also accompanied by its orig lollipop tang sight and its orig blue & silver clip-on front sight with extremely fine crosshairs. Additionally accompanied by a most extremely rare, orig Smith & Wesson Cliber 320 revolving rifle complete reloading kit in its orig box. 2-pc box is of medium green cardboard with a directions label over the entire top. Kit consists of an sgl cavity bright steel bullet mold/capping tool with sprue cutter and handle latch, a de-capping base & de-capping pin, a brass tube powder measure with brass wire handle, a bright steel loading tool with plunger and a small wooden mallet. These revolving rifles alone are rare, especially with their orig stock and sights. The complete reloading set in its orig box makes this an extraordinarily rare package. Accompanied by a Smith & Wesson factory letter wherein company records indicate this gun being shipped with an 18″ bbl, blue finish, mottled hard rubber grips and forend on 10-15-1883 to M.W. Robinson, New York, NY who was S&W’s largest distributor. The shipment was for ten units at a cost of $20.50 each. PROVENANCE: Dr. John & Margaret Pickup Collection. CONDITION: Extremely fine plus, all matching, stock is unnumbered. The bbl, frame & cyl retain about 95% crisp orig factory blue with some minor flaking on the bbl and light flaking on the bbl, bbl lug & frame; cyl shows a little more flaking with a light drag line and a couple of small scratches; hammer & trigger guard retain most of their orig case colors, moderately faded. Forearm & grips are crisp, showing only faint diamond point wear; stock is equally new with a lightly flaked yoke; wood has a couple of very tiny nicks and overall retains about all of its orig oil finish; buttplate is crisp with no discernible wear. Sights are equally new. Reloading tool box has repaired corners & edges with a dark yellowed label and a small hole in the top with moderate soil. Tools all appear to be new & unused. Truly an extraordinary & rare set. 4-46404 JR123 (20,000-30,000) 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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