Sold for $390

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Lot Description

Smith & Wesson Model No. 1 2nd Issue

American Civil War

.22RF Short. 3.125" ribbed octagonal barrel. SN: 19598 (mfg. ca1861). Blued finish, silver plated frame, smooth varnished rosewood two-piece grips. Single action tip up barrel revolver with seven chambered smooth round cylinder. Barrel rib roll marked in a single line SMITH & WESSON SPRINGFIELD, MASS. with the cylinder roll marked PATENTED APR. 3, 1855 & JULY 5, 1859. Matching assembly mark A V found on the rear face of the barrel web, on the face of the cylinder and on the left side of the grip frame under the grip. Right grip is correctly numbered 19598, matching the gun. Action does not function.

This lot is located in Cincinnati.

Condition Report

Very fine. Bore good, showing moderate pitting and strong rifling. Barrel and cylinder with most of their blued finish and crisp, strong markings. Frame with much of the silver plating which has tarnished to a rich blue-black color. Action is NOT mechanically functional. The hand appears to be chipped or otherwise too short to correctly engage the ratchet on the rear of the cylinder. Grips fine with most of their varnish and some light handling marks, retaining crisp edged. The left grip has a full-length grain crack on the interior that does not go through to the face, but is visible partially on the butt of the grip.

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