Product Details
A GOOD .44 REMINGTON NEW MODEL ARMY SINGLE ACTION PERCUSSION REVOLVER, OF THE CIVIL WAR CIRCA 1864, serial no. 92516,
with 8in. octagonal barrel the top flat stamped with the usual Remington address and patent legend together with 'NEW MODEL', pillar foresight, solid frame with sighting groove to top strap, plain six shot cylinder, two piece walnut grips, all parts stamped with various sub-inspectors stamps and the left grip with the inspecting officers cartouche 'B. H' possibly for Benjamin Hannis, this is a well above average example the barrel, rammer and cylinder with much original deep blue finish, traces to the frame, excellent grips with sharp cartouche, probably never issued
Provenance: The Remington New Model Army percussion revolver was arguably the best of all the Civil War revolvers with a total production of 122,000 and extensively issued and used during both the Civil War and the later Indian Wars. The famous showman William F Cody, (Buffalo Bill) carried a New Model 1865 to the mid 1870's and claimed "it never failed me"
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Estimate £1,200-1,500