RARE SECOND MODEL SQUAREBACK COLT MODEL 1851 NAVY PERCUSSION REVOLVER.

RARE SECOND MODEL SQUAREBACK COLT MODEL 1851 NAVY PERCUSSION REVOLVER. SN 925. Cal. 36. Usual configuration with 7-1/2″ oct bbl, brass pin front sight and 1-line New York City address with dashes. Left side frame has a tiny “COLT’S PATENT” and the squareback silver plated trigger guard and backstrap contain a varnished 1-pc walnut grip with SN in the backstrap channel. Although the SN of this revolver falls within the 1st Model range it is undoubtedly a genuine 2nd Model with the wedge screw over the top of the wedge slot and has not been altered in any way. In the book ’51 Colt Navies, Swayze, he refers to these Second Model Navys, which are numbered in the First Model series, as “drop back” models. Regardless, combined the 1st and 2nd Model Navys only numbered about 4,000 revolvers at the beginning of production in 1851. The ’51 Navy was an immediate success with the Union government purchasing several thousand which saw service throughout the entirety of the Civil War and later on the American frontier. Prior to the Civil War these venerable revolvers were present in the gold camps out west and the Canadian northwest territories, on cattle drives and were involved in about any other facet of daily life, usually with only nominal maintenance. PROVENANCE: Col. Kenneth P.Brown Collection. CONDITION: Very good, no orig finish remains on iron parts being an overall mottled plum brown to silver gray patina with some scattered light pitting. Cylinder has scattered light pitting and numerous small dings and retains 40-50% Ormsby Naval battle scene. Trigger guard retains about 50% orig silver plating and the backstrap only traces of silver with the exposed brass a medium mustard patina. Grip is slightly shrunken and shows moderate wear with light nicks and scratches and retains about 85% orig varnish. Mechanics are fine, strong dark bore. Several of the screws are battered. 4-39437 JR196 (5,000-8,000)

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
	2267	$6,900.00	RARE SECOND MODEL SQUAREBACK COLT MODEL 1851 NAVY PERCUSSION REVOLVER. SN 925. Cal. 36. Usual configuration with 7-1/2″ oct bbl, brass pin front sight and 1-line New York City address with dashes. Left side frame has a tiny “COLT’S PATENT” and the squareback silver plated trigger guard and backstrap contain a varnished 1-pc walnut grip with SN in the backstrap channel. Although the SN of this revolver falls within the 1st Model range it is undoubtedly a genuine 2nd Model with the wedge screw over the top of the wedge slot and has not been altered in any way. In the book ’51 Colt Navies, Swayze, he refers to these Second Model Navys, which are numbered in the First Model series, as “drop back” models. Regardless, combined the 1st and 2nd Model Navys only numbered about 4,000 revolvers at the beginning of production in 1851. The ’51 Navy was an immediate success with the Union government purchasing several thousand which saw service throughout the entirety of the Civil War and later on the American frontier. Prior to the Civil War these venerable revolvers were present in the gold camps out west and the Canadian northwest territories, on cattle drives and were involved in about any other facet of daily life, usually with only nominal maintenance. PROVENANCE: Col. Kenneth P.Brown Collection. CONDITION: Very good, no orig finish remains on iron parts being an overall mottled plum brown to silver gray patina with some scattered light pitting. Cylinder has scattered light pitting and numerous small dings and retains 40-50% Ormsby Naval battle scene. Trigger guard retains about 50% orig silver plating and the backstrap only traces of silver with the exposed brass a medium mustard patina. Grip is slightly shrunken and shows moderate wear with light nicks and scratches and retains about 85% orig varnish. Mechanics are fine, strong dark bore. Several of the screws are battered. 4-39437 JR196 (5,000-8,000) 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.

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