RARE FACTORY ENGRAVED SILVER PLATED SMITH & WESSON MODEL 3 RUSSIAN 3RD MODEL SINGLE ACTION REVOLVER.

RARE FACTORY ENGRAVED SILVER PLATED SMITH & WESSON MODEL 3 RUSSIAN 3RD MODEL SINGLE ACTION REVOLVER. SN 47997. Cal. 44 Russian. Outstanding professional restored silver finish by the late renowned restoration artist Tommy Haas,Sr. with 6-1/2″ keyhole bbl, integral front sight with fixed rear sight. Bbl has English address terminating in “RUSSIAN MODEL”. It has the large thumb screw in top strap & is mounted with matching numbered, smooth, old ivory grips which have the faint, matching penciled serial number. It has a lanyard stud & ring in butt strap & the distinctive finger rest on trigger guard. This beautiful revolver has nearly full coverage distinctive Nimschke engraving, probably by the master himself, consisting of about 75% coverage foliate arabesque patterns with fine punch dot background. It has hunter stars on each side of bbl with a circular feather pattern around hinge screw and diamond & dot patterns on each side of top strap. Top strap has distinctive fan pattern and top of hump behind hammer has beautiful ribbon & dot patterns with other distinctive decorative patterns. Cylinder has matching foliate arabesque patterns on lands between flutes with a dbl wavy line border at rear edge. Rib has a snake & dot border around address. Altogether an extraordinary & beautiful revolver. Only about 13,500 of these commercial production revolvers were made in period 1874-78 with extremely few being engraved & of those a very rare few were silver plated. CONDITION: Extremely fine as restored, all matching including grips. Overall retains 96-98% restored strong silver finish with only a very small flaked spot on top edge of front sight. Hammer retains about all of its strong, bright case colors & trigger most of its case colors, slightly faded. Trigger guard is silver plated. Grips have numerous small age lines & retain a fabulous mellow ivory patina. Mechanics are crisp, strong bright bore with scattered pitting. A fine Russian suitable to fill a hole in anyone’s collection. A truly fine piece. 4-35610 JR331 (7,500-12,500)

Auction: Firearms - Fall 2008

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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	2379	$12,650.00	RARE FACTORY ENGRAVED SILVER PLATED SMITH & WESSON MODEL 3 RUSSIAN 3RD MODEL SINGLE ACTION REVOLVER. SN 47997. Cal. 44 Russian. Outstanding professional restored silver finish by the late renowned restoration artist Tommy Haas,Sr. with 6-1/2″ keyhole bbl, integral front sight with fixed rear sight. Bbl has English address terminating in “RUSSIAN MODEL”. It has the large thumb screw in top strap & is mounted with matching numbered, smooth, old ivory grips which have the faint, matching penciled serial number. It has a lanyard stud & ring in butt strap & the distinctive finger rest on trigger guard. This beautiful revolver has nearly full coverage distinctive Nimschke engraving, probably by the master himself, consisting of about 75% coverage foliate arabesque patterns with fine punch dot background. It has hunter stars on each side of bbl with a circular feather pattern around hinge screw and diamond & dot patterns on each side of top strap. Top strap has distinctive fan pattern and top of hump behind hammer has beautiful ribbon & dot patterns with other distinctive decorative patterns. Cylinder has matching foliate arabesque patterns on lands between flutes with a dbl wavy line border at rear edge. Rib has a snake & dot border around address. Altogether an extraordinary & beautiful revolver. Only about 13,500 of these commercial production revolvers were made in period 1874-78 with extremely few being engraved & of those a very rare few were silver plated. CONDITION: Extremely fine as restored, all matching including grips. Overall retains 96-98% restored strong silver finish with only a very small flaked spot on top edge of front sight. Hammer retains about all of its strong, bright case colors & trigger most of its case colors, slightly faded. Trigger guard is silver plated. Grips have numerous small age lines & retain a fabulous mellow ivory patina. Mechanics are crisp, strong bright bore with scattered pitting. A fine Russian suitable to fill a hole in anyone’s collection. A truly fine piece. 4-35610 JR331 (7,500-12,500) Auction: Firearms - Fall 2008 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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