SCARCE COLT HALF STOCK REVOLVING PERCUSSION SPORTING RIFLE.

SCARCE COLT HALF STOCK REVOLVING PERCUSSION SPORTING RIFLE. SN 1417. Cal. 36. Scarce sporting rifle with 27″ oct to rnd bbl, German silver Rocky Mtn. front sight and hinged rear sight with knurled knob. It has 6-shot full fluted cyl and short uncheckered walnut forearm with German silver tip and sgl wedge through oval German silver escutcheons. Bottom of bbl has two iron guides containing its orig brass tipped, hickory cleaning rod. Buttstock is very nicely figured, tiger striped American walnut with checkered straight wrist and steel buttplate with screw-plugged hole for access to the recess in the buttstock which contains two sections of the brass cleaning rod extension. It has serpentine trigger guard/finger rest. SN is on bottom of frame, on bbl under forend, toe of buttplate, back of cyl, cyl pin and on heel of buttstock in pencil under buttplate. According to Flayderman’s Guide to Antique American Firearms and The Book of Colt Firearms, Sutherland & Wilson, only 1,000 to 1,500 were produced in the period 1857-64.Of this number,400 guns were made in .36 caliber and only 150 of these with 27″ bbls. PROVENANCE: Jim Eplen Coll. CONDITION: Extremely fine plus, all matching, probably unfired. Bbl retains 97-98% orig blue and the frame 93-95% glossy orig blue with the loss areas flaked, not worn to a silver/gray patina. Rear sight retains about 95% glossy orig blue. Top tang has flaked to mostly gray patina. Trigger guard retains about 50% thin orig blue and bottom tang virtually all of its glossy orig blue. Buttplate retains 25-30% flaked orig blue with balance a medium patina. Hammer retains virtually all of its strong orig case colors with rammer faded to smoky gray. Cyl retains about 95% glossy orig blue with crisp, clean unfired nipples. Ramrod retains 88-90% orig black paint. Wood is sound with a few minor handling & storage nicks & scratches in finish and retains about all of its orig piano varnish finish. Mechanics are crisp, brilliant shiny bore. Truly one of the finest half stock sporting rifles to come to market in recent years. 4-37499 JR365 (20,000-30,000)

Auction: Firearms - Fall 2009

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
	2281	$23,000.00	SCARCE COLT HALF STOCK REVOLVING PERCUSSION SPORTING RIFLE. SN 1417. Cal. 36. Scarce sporting rifle with 27″ oct to rnd bbl, German silver Rocky Mtn. front sight and hinged rear sight with knurled knob. It has 6-shot full fluted cyl and short uncheckered walnut forearm with German silver tip and sgl wedge through oval German silver escutcheons. Bottom of bbl has two iron guides containing its orig brass tipped, hickory cleaning rod. Buttstock is very nicely figured, tiger striped American walnut with checkered straight wrist and steel buttplate with screw-plugged hole for access to the recess in the buttstock which contains two sections of the brass cleaning rod extension. It has serpentine trigger guard/finger rest. SN is on bottom of frame, on bbl under forend, toe of buttplate, back of cyl, cyl pin and on heel of buttstock in pencil under buttplate. According to Flayderman’s Guide to Antique American Firearms and The Book of Colt Firearms, Sutherland & Wilson, only 1,000 to 1,500 were produced in the period 1857-64.Of this number,400 guns were made in .36 caliber and only 150 of these with 27″ bbls. PROVENANCE: Jim Eplen Coll. CONDITION: Extremely fine plus, all matching, probably unfired. Bbl retains 97-98% orig blue and the frame 93-95% glossy orig blue with the loss areas flaked, not worn to a silver/gray patina. Rear sight retains about 95% glossy orig blue. Top tang has flaked to mostly gray patina. Trigger guard retains about 50% thin orig blue and bottom tang virtually all of its glossy orig blue. Buttplate retains 25-30% flaked orig blue with balance a medium patina. Hammer retains virtually all of its strong orig case colors with rammer faded to smoky gray. Cyl retains about 95% glossy orig blue with crisp, clean unfired nipples. Ramrod retains 88-90% orig black paint. Wood is sound with a few minor handling & storage nicks & scratches in finish and retains about all of its orig piano varnish finish. Mechanics are crisp, brilliant shiny bore. Truly one of the finest half stock sporting rifles to come to market in recent years. 4-37499 JR365 (20,000-30,000) Auction: Firearms - Fall 2009 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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