FINE CONFEDERATE GRISWOLD REVOLVER WITH POSSIBLE ASSOCIATION TO JESSE JAMES.

FINE CONFEDERATE GRISWOLD REVOLVER WITH POSSIBLE ASSOCIATION TO JESSE JAMES. SN 1750. 36 cal. This is a nice brass-framed Confederate revolver that appears all original, complete, and authentic. This gun has been in many well-known collections including Ted Meredith. This gun is noted or pictured in several references including William Albaugh’s Confederate Handguns, and Dan Hartzler’s Confederate Inscribed Swords and Revolvers. This gun conforms to the normal configuration of other Samuel Griswold revolvers having a 7-1/2″ part octagonal and round bbl, brass frame, and twisted iron cylinder. All parts normally serial numbered are numbered. The SN 1750 is found on bbl housing, cylinder, and frame. A secondary number 10 is found on loading arm, wedge, trigger guard, and backstrap. A Roman numeral XII is found internally. A cryptic mark backwards “K” is found internally on brass and on bottom of bbl near latch. There is also a cryptic “H” stamped on right side of bbl housing as seen in photos. This gun overall is in very good condition. The cylinder retains its safety pins and the twist marks in the iron are readily seen. The name,”Jim Cumens”,is very stylistically cut and stamped into top bbl flat. Hartzler, in his book, notes that James Cummins was a member of the 7th Missouri Confederate Cavalry. After the war, he rode with Jesse James and according to legend, only Frank James and Jim Cummins of this band of outlaws did not meet death through violence. Cummins died in a Confederate soldier’s home. PROVENANCE: Kimball Arms list 17, July 1949; Harry Brooks – 1955; Jackson Arms Catalog #12, 1955; Cecil Anderson; Dent Myers; Claudi Coile; Rbt. A. Gamonson; Tel Meredith; Pictured in Texas Gun Collection, Paragraph 36, p. 17; Wm. Albaugh – The Confederate Brass-Framed Colt & Whitney; front cover, p. 24, GA Arms Collector – Fall 1973, pgs. 16-17 and already listed in Hartzler CONDITION: Overall, this gun is very good with good action and good discernible rifling to bore. Gun exhibits good sharp edges. Metal has been cleaned overall, but brass frame, trigger guard, and backstrap have toned nicely, as can be seen in pictures. Bbl overall has been cleaned with scattered areas of staining and pin-prick pitting. Markings are all crisp and easily discerned. Stocks are sound and solid with scattered dings, small gouges, and scratches and have slightly shrunk which is characteristic of some of the uncured walnut used by Griswold. 4-45803 JS (17,500-22,500)

Auction: Firearms - Spring 2012

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
	2415	$28,750.00	FINE CONFEDERATE GRISWOLD REVOLVER WITH POSSIBLE ASSOCIATION TO JESSE JAMES. SN 1750. 36 cal. This is a nice brass-framed Confederate revolver that appears all original, complete, and authentic. This gun has been in many well-known collections including Ted Meredith. This gun is noted or pictured in several references including William Albaugh’s Confederate Handguns, and Dan Hartzler’s Confederate Inscribed Swords and Revolvers. This gun conforms to the normal configuration of other Samuel Griswold revolvers having a 7-1/2″ part octagonal and round bbl, brass frame, and twisted iron cylinder. All parts normally serial numbered are numbered. The SN 1750 is found on bbl housing, cylinder, and frame. A secondary number 10 is found on loading arm, wedge, trigger guard, and backstrap. A Roman numeral XII is found internally. A cryptic mark backwards “K” is found internally on brass and on bottom of bbl near latch. There is also a cryptic “H” stamped on right side of bbl housing as seen in photos. This gun overall is in very good condition. The cylinder retains its safety pins and the twist marks in the iron are readily seen. The name,”Jim Cumens”,is very stylistically cut and stamped into top bbl flat. Hartzler, in his book, notes that James Cummins was a member of the 7th Missouri Confederate Cavalry. After the war, he rode with Jesse James and according to legend, only Frank James and Jim Cummins of this band of outlaws did not meet death through violence. Cummins died in a Confederate soldier’s home. PROVENANCE: Kimball Arms list 17, July 1949; Harry Brooks – 1955; Jackson Arms Catalog #12, 1955; Cecil Anderson; Dent Myers; Claudi Coile; Rbt. A. Gamonson; Tel Meredith; Pictured in Texas Gun Collection, Paragraph 36, p. 17; Wm. Albaugh – The Confederate Brass-Framed Colt & Whitney; front cover, p. 24, GA Arms Collector – Fall 1973, pgs. 16-17 and already listed in Hartzler CONDITION: Overall, this gun is very good with good action and good discernible rifling to bore. Gun exhibits good sharp edges. Metal has been cleaned overall, but brass frame, trigger guard, and backstrap have toned nicely, as can be seen in pictures. Bbl overall has been cleaned with scattered areas of staining and pin-prick pitting. Markings are all crisp and easily discerned. Stocks are sound and solid with scattered dings, small gouges, and scratches and have slightly shrunk which is characteristic of some of the uncured walnut used by Griswold. 4-45803 JS (17,500-22,500) Auction: Firearms - Spring 2012 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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