FINE GUSTAVE YOUNG ENGRAVED COLT MODEL 1851 NAVY EARLY FOUR-SCREW PERCUSSION REVOLVER CUT FOR SHOULDER STOCK .

FINE GUSTAVE YOUNG ENGRAVED COLT MODEL 1851 NAVY EARLY FOUR-SCREW PERCUSSION REVOLVER CUT FOR SHOULDER STOCK . SN 68200. Cal. 36. This is the rarest version of the ’51 Navy cut for first type stock. Fine early 51 Navy with 7-1/2″ octagon bbl, brass pin front sight and New York City address. It has four-screw frame, cut for shoulder stock with round head hammer screw and stock stud extensions. Trigger guard and back strap are the rare iron version, with orig silver-plating having large guard and a swivel stud in the trigger plate just in front of the guard and mounted with deluxe burl walnut 1-pc grip with last four digits of SN in the back strap channel. Revolver is spectacularly engraved by Gustave Young with full coverage foliate arabesque patterns on the frame and the recoil shields with his deluxe patterns on the bbl lug and top side flats. The rammer pivot is engraved to match. Top of the back strap is engraved with Mr. Young’s typical fan pattern with foliate arabesque patterns near the top, at the heel, on the buttstrap and trigger guard. Several of the scrolls on the frame and bbl lug terminate in flower blossoms with the left side of the bbl lug having a large dog’s head incorporated in one scroll. The trigger screw, lock bolt screw, rammer pivot screw, buttstrap, and back strap screws along with all three trigger guard screws are engraved. It appears that the hammer screw, stock lug screws, rammer screw, and wedge screw are replacements and are not engraved. Few model 51 revolvers were ever made with stock configuration and few of those surviving today. Of those that do survive, only a very, very few were engraved. Most known engraved examples were presented to important people such as Robert E. Lee and the Governor of Kansas (known as the Bleeding Kansas Colt). CONDITION: Very good to fine, all matching including wedge and grip. No orig finish remains with most of the metal having a smooth dark plum patina with scattered light pitting. Cylinder is a thin plum gray patina with dings around the front edge and retains 40-50% Ormsby naval battle scene. Grip has a chip in the right toe with some battering on the bottom edges and retains 30-40% orig finish being mostly an oil-stained hand-worn patina. Mechanics are fine. Strong bore with moderate pitting. 4-38917 (12,000-15,000)

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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	2322	$0.00	FINE GUSTAVE YOUNG ENGRAVED COLT MODEL 1851 NAVY EARLY FOUR-SCREW PERCUSSION REVOLVER CUT FOR SHOULDER STOCK . SN 68200. Cal. 36. This is the rarest version of the ’51 Navy cut for first type stock. Fine early 51 Navy with 7-1/2″ octagon bbl, brass pin front sight and New York City address. It has four-screw frame, cut for shoulder stock with round head hammer screw and stock stud extensions. Trigger guard and back strap are the rare iron version, with orig silver-plating having large guard and a swivel stud in the trigger plate just in front of the guard and mounted with deluxe burl walnut 1-pc grip with last four digits of SN in the back strap channel. Revolver is spectacularly engraved by Gustave Young with full coverage foliate arabesque patterns on the frame and the recoil shields with his deluxe patterns on the bbl lug and top side flats. The rammer pivot is engraved to match. Top of the back strap is engraved with Mr. Young’s typical fan pattern with foliate arabesque patterns near the top, at the heel, on the buttstrap and trigger guard. Several of the scrolls on the frame and bbl lug terminate in flower blossoms with the left side of the bbl lug having a large dog’s head incorporated in one scroll. The trigger screw, lock bolt screw, rammer pivot screw, buttstrap, and back strap screws along with all three trigger guard screws are engraved. It appears that the hammer screw, stock lug screws, rammer screw, and wedge screw are replacements and are not engraved. Few model 51 revolvers were ever made with stock configuration and few of those surviving today. Of those that do survive, only a very, very few were engraved. Most known engraved examples were presented to important people such as Robert E. Lee and the Governor of Kansas (known as the Bleeding Kansas Colt). CONDITION: Very good to fine, all matching including wedge and grip. No orig finish remains with most of the metal having a smooth dark plum patina with scattered light pitting. Cylinder is a thin plum gray patina with dings around the front edge and retains 40-50% Ormsby naval battle scene. Grip has a chip in the right toe with some battering on the bottom edges and retains 30-40% orig finish being mostly an oil-stained hand-worn patina. Mechanics are fine. Strong bore with moderate pitting. 4-38917 (12,000-15,000) 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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