Fine Modern & Antique Guns - September 2017 : Sale A0917 Lot 500
COLT, USA A SCARCE .44 PERCUSSION SIX-SHOT REVOLVING-RIFLE, MODEL 1855 CARBINE, serial no. 1796,
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COLT, USA
A SCARCE .44 PERCUSSION SIX-SHOT REVOLVING-RIFLE, MODEL '1855 CARBINE', serial no. 1796,
circa 1860, with round 18in. barrel, octagonal breech section, dove-tailed fore-sight, rear-sight with twin folding leaves, flat bevel-edged top-strap (cracked and repaired in antiquity), fully fluted cylinder, exposed side-hammer, saddle-ring to left hand side of frame, walnut butt-stock with semi-crescent and numbered heel-plate, long lower tang (swivel removed), guarded trigger and under-barrel loading-lever, the whole darkly stained
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Estimate £2,000-3,000