Sold for $780

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Lot Description

Colt Model 1860 Army Revolver

American Civil War

.44" Caliber. 8" barrel length. SN: 84451. Chemically cleaned gray patina finish overall with brass triggerguard and refinished one piece walnut grips. Single action percussion revolver with six-shot cylinder and mounting German silver front blade sight. The barrel address in single line reads -ADDRESS COL. SAML COLT NEW-YORK U.S. AMERICA-. The left frame is marked COLTS/PATENT, while the triggerguard is unmarked and the grips show no cartouches. The serial numbers match on barrel, frame, rear gripstrap, arbor pin, and cylinder. Item features Orsmby {Naval Engagement} roll engraved on the cylinder. Martial inspection initials include S on the cylinder and barrel, C stamp to barrel and arbor pin, and P stamp to recoil shield. Triggerguard is a replacement with no serial number, and the item mounts a likely replacement loading lever. Wedge pin screw has been replaced.

This lot is located in Cincinnati.

Condition Report

Good as chemically cleaned. Bore is Frosty with strong rifling and pitting throughout. Metal finish overall has taken on a dull gray patina with mottling over the rear barrel and frame. The barrel, frame, and cylinder show scattered mars and indentations with some deformations over the rear face of the cylinder. Light pitting has formed over the forcing cone, and in places on the forward cylinder. Triggerguard retains a bright finish and fits roughly to the backstrap with the two joining off center. The gripstraps fit proud of the forward butt with cracks through both sides and signs of wastage on the lower edges. The face of the triggerguard has flaked down, exposing a crystalline grain structure. Action indexes but the cylinder stop fails to fully engage.

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