SCARCE COLT HALF STOCK REVOLVING PERCUSSION SPORTING RIFLE.

Revised: 10/5/2009

Correction to Printed Catalog: Correct Serial Number is 1358 NOT 1368 as stated in catalog.

SCARCE COLT HALF STOCK REVOLVING PERCUSSION SPORTING RIFLE. SN 1368. 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, flame grain 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, toe of buttplate, back of cyl and cyl pin. It was not observed on the buttstock. 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 period 1857-64. CONDITION: Fine to very fine. Bbl retains about 50% thin orig blue with scattered spots of fine pitting. Frame retains 75-80% glossy orig blue with scattered spots of fine pitting. Cyl retains 60-70% orig blue thinning in several spots. Trigger guard & buttplate are a gray metal color. Hammer & rammer retain dark case colors. Forearm has hairline cracks in front of rammer handle stud, otherwise wood is sound and retains most of it’s finish on forearm and about 85-90% orig varnish on buttstock. Mechanics are crisp, bright shiny bore. 4-38678 (17,500-24,500)

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
	2282	$0.00	Revised: 10/5/2009 Correction to Printed Catalog: Correct Serial Number is 1358 NOT 1368 as stated in catalog. SCARCE COLT HALF STOCK REVOLVING PERCUSSION SPORTING RIFLE. SN 1368. 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, flame grain 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, toe of buttplate, back of cyl and cyl pin. It was not observed on the buttstock. 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 period 1857-64. CONDITION: Fine to very fine. Bbl retains about 50% thin orig blue with scattered spots of fine pitting. Frame retains 75-80% glossy orig blue with scattered spots of fine pitting. Cyl retains 60-70% orig blue thinning in several spots. Trigger guard & buttplate are a gray metal color. Hammer & rammer retain dark case colors. Forearm has hairline cracks in front of rammer handle stud, otherwise wood is sound and retains most of it’s finish on forearm and about 85-90% orig varnish on buttstock. Mechanics are crisp, bright shiny bore. 4-38678 (17,500-24,500) 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.

.red{fill:#B50938;} .white{fill:#FFFFFF;} .blue{fill:#005596;}