SAVAGE FIREARMS NAVY MODEL PERCUSSION REVOLVER.

SAVAGE FIREARMS NAVY MODEL PERCUSSION REVOLVER. SN 1873. Cal. 36. Blue & color case hardened with 7″ oct bbl, pin front sight & fixed rear sight in the top strap. Cylinder is 6 shots with square shoulders that when fired cams forward to form a gas seal between the cylinder and forcing cone. Hammer is offset to the right & strikes through the topstrap onto the nipples which are at the rear of the cylinder at an angle in individual recesses. Mounted with 2-pc smooth walnut grips matching numbered to this revolver. Operation of this revolver is quite unusual. It has a heart-shaped trigger guard with a large ring trigger which when pulled cocks the hammer and indexes the cylinder to a new chamber & cams the cylinder forward making a gas seal over the forcing cone. The conventional trigger then is used to fire the shot. According to Flayderman’s Guide to Antique American Firearms there were about 20,000 of these revolver’s produced from 1861 into the mid-1860’s with nearly 12,000 of that total purchased by the Union Army & Navy. The remainder was purchased privately with the majority also seeing service throughout the Civil War. They are rarely found today with any orig finish. CONDITION: About fine, all matching including cylinder & grips. Bbl retains 30-40% flaked blue with the balance flaked, not worn to a dark plummy patina. Frame retains mostly a silver-brown patina with pitting around the forcing cone area. Cylinder retains 60-70% dull orig blue. Grips are sound showing moderate to heavy wear and retain a dark hand-worn patina. Mechanics are fine. Strong bright bore with scattered pitting. 4-49608 JR85 (2,000-3,000)

Auction: Firearms - Fall 2013

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
	2273	$2,832.00	SAVAGE FIREARMS NAVY MODEL PERCUSSION REVOLVER. SN 1873. Cal. 36. Blue & color case hardened with 7″ oct bbl, pin front sight & fixed rear sight in the top strap. Cylinder is 6 shots with square shoulders that when fired cams forward to form a gas seal between the cylinder and forcing cone. Hammer is offset to the right & strikes through the topstrap onto the nipples which are at the rear of the cylinder at an angle in individual recesses. Mounted with 2-pc smooth walnut grips matching numbered to this revolver. Operation of this revolver is quite unusual. It has a heart-shaped trigger guard with a large ring trigger which when pulled cocks the hammer and indexes the cylinder to a new chamber & cams the cylinder forward making a gas seal over the forcing cone. The conventional trigger then is used to fire the shot. According to Flayderman’s Guide to Antique American Firearms there were about 20,000 of these revolver’s produced from 1861 into the mid-1860’s with nearly 12,000 of that total purchased by the Union Army & Navy. The remainder was purchased privately with the majority also seeing service throughout the Civil War. They are rarely found today with any orig finish. CONDITION: About fine, all matching including cylinder & grips. Bbl retains 30-40% flaked blue with the balance flaked, not worn to a dark plummy patina. Frame retains mostly a silver-brown patina with pitting around the forcing cone area. Cylinder retains 60-70% dull orig blue. Grips are sound showing moderate to heavy wear and retain a dark hand-worn patina. Mechanics are fine. Strong bright bore with scattered pitting. 4-49608 JR85 (2,000-3,000) Auction: Firearms - Fall 2013 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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