CHAPMAN CONFEDERATE BRASS FRAME REVOLVER

Revised: 3/13/2011

Additional Information: This gun was pictured on pages 88, 89 and 90 of the Gun Collectors Letter #16 published September 30, 1947.

CHAPMAN CONFEDERATE BRASS FRAME REVOLVER. SN 3. Chapman Confederate Brass Frame Revolver. Cal. 36. Bbl. 7 1/2″ part octagonal – part round. This pistol once part of the Fabulous Stage Coach Museum of Antique Arms is pictured in the Stage Coach Museum Book item # 496 & listed as “Confederate Attempt at Some Unknown Ignition System”. This gun has brass frame with ignition system that was possibly teat fire or pill lock. Most parts of this gun have a serial No. 3 stamp, including barrel, frame, arbor, stocks, stocks screw & cylinder. Back of cylinder is stamped “C. CHAPMAN”. This most interesting gun according to the stage coach catalog says, “This gun is unique & only specimen known”, but accompanied correspondence from well known authorities & collectors Dick Littlefield, Henry Stewart, & Richard Donaldson talk of another identical specimen serial No. 1 though not marked C. Chapman. PROVENANCE: Fred B. McDonald Estate Collection. CONDITION: This gun is in overall very good condition & its unusual external mechanism functions well. This will probably be your only opportunity to obtain 1 of the only known specimens of this purported Confederate revolver. UNATTACHED ACCESSORIES: paperwork 4-42144 JS-1 (6,000-8,000)

Auction: Firearms - Spring 2011

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
	2412	$7,475.00	Revised: 3/13/2011 Additional Information: This gun was pictured on pages 88, 89 and 90 of the Gun Collectors Letter #16 published September 30, 1947. CHAPMAN CONFEDERATE BRASS FRAME REVOLVER. SN 3. Chapman Confederate Brass Frame Revolver. Cal. 36. Bbl. 7 1/2″ part octagonal – part round. This pistol once part of the Fabulous Stage Coach Museum of Antique Arms is pictured in the Stage Coach Museum Book item # 496 & listed as “Confederate Attempt at Some Unknown Ignition System”. This gun has brass frame with ignition system that was possibly teat fire or pill lock. Most parts of this gun have a serial No. 3 stamp, including barrel, frame, arbor, stocks, stocks screw & cylinder. Back of cylinder is stamped “C. CHAPMAN”. This most interesting gun according to the stage coach catalog says, “This gun is unique & only specimen known”, but accompanied correspondence from well known authorities & collectors Dick Littlefield, Henry Stewart, & Richard Donaldson talk of another identical specimen serial No. 1 though not marked C. Chapman. PROVENANCE: Fred B. McDonald Estate Collection. CONDITION: This gun is in overall very good condition & its unusual external mechanism functions well. This will probably be your only opportunity to obtain 1 of the only known specimens of this purported Confederate revolver. UNATTACHED ACCESSORIES: paperwork 4-42144 JS-1 (6,000-8,000) Auction: Firearms - Spring 2011 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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