SCARCE COLT HALF STOCK REVOLVING PERCUSSION SPORTING RIFLE.

SCARCE COLT HALF STOCK REVOLVING PERCUSSION SPORTING RIFLE. SN 1368. Cal. 40. Scarce gun in a rare caliber with 27″ oct to rnd bbl, scarce globe front sight and hinged rear sight with knurled knob. It has 6-shot fluted cylinder with usual top strap markings and the date “1856”. Mounted with a short, uncheckered walnut forearm with German silver tip and sgl key through oval German silver escutcheons. Bottom of bbl has two steel ramrod guides containing an iron ramrod. Mounted with very highly figured, center crotch, feather grain walnut stock with checkered straight wrist and crescent buttplate. Buttplate has the screw plug for the ramrod extension recess. Stock is not drilled for the extension. Trigger guard is a serpentine finger rest type. According to Flayderman’s Guide to Antique American Firearms and The Book of Colt Firearms, Sutherland & Wilson, only 1,000 to 1,500 of these scarce firearms were produced 1857-64. The standard calibers were 36, 44, & 56 and “a few made in 40 & 50 caliber”. The SN is on bottom of the frame and toe of buttplate and was not observed on the buttstock suggesting a possible replacement. PROVENANCE: Ted Knee Collection. CONDITION: Fine. Overall retains about all of a fine factory quality restoration turned dull. Cylinder has a few nicks & dings and is a blue/brown patina. Forearm has a couple of cracks in front of the rammer stud and shows heavy wear with an oil-stained patina. Buttstock is sound and retains about all of a fine oil finish. Hand spring is weak and does not always function, otherwise mechanics are fine, worn dark bore. 4-36562 JR363 (4,000-7,000)

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
	2283	$3,450.00	SCARCE COLT HALF STOCK REVOLVING PERCUSSION SPORTING RIFLE. SN 1368. Cal. 40. Scarce gun in a rare caliber with 27″ oct to rnd bbl, scarce globe front sight and hinged rear sight with knurled knob. It has 6-shot fluted cylinder with usual top strap markings and the date “1856”. Mounted with a short, uncheckered walnut forearm with German silver tip and sgl key through oval German silver escutcheons. Bottom of bbl has two steel ramrod guides containing an iron ramrod. Mounted with very highly figured, center crotch, feather grain walnut stock with checkered straight wrist and crescent buttplate. Buttplate has the screw plug for the ramrod extension recess. Stock is not drilled for the extension. Trigger guard is a serpentine finger rest type. According to Flayderman’s Guide to Antique American Firearms and The Book of Colt Firearms, Sutherland & Wilson, only 1,000 to 1,500 of these scarce firearms were produced 1857-64. The standard calibers were 36, 44, & 56 and “a few made in 40 & 50 caliber”. The SN is on bottom of the frame and toe of buttplate and was not observed on the buttstock suggesting a possible replacement. PROVENANCE: Ted Knee Collection. CONDITION: Fine. Overall retains about all of a fine factory quality restoration turned dull. Cylinder has a few nicks & dings and is a blue/brown patina. Forearm has a couple of cracks in front of the rammer stud and shows heavy wear with an oil-stained patina. Buttstock is sound and retains about all of a fine oil finish. Hand spring is weak and does not always function, otherwise mechanics are fine, worn dark bore. 4-36562 JR363 (4,000-7,000) 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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