Main Sale - March 2010 : Sale A1038 Lot 705
SMITH & WESSON A RARE .44 (HENRY RIMFIRE) SIX-SHOT SINGLE-ACTION COMMERCIAL REVOLVER serial no. 3865,

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SMITH & WESSON
A RARE .44 (HENRY RIMFIRE) SIX-SHOT SINGLE-ACTION COMMERCIAL REVOLVER serial no. 3865,
6 1/2in. ribbed sighted barrel with address, patent dates, inscription on rib, traces of original finish and square butt, replacement wooden stocks, trigger guard with added brazed finger and hammer with brazed striker, barrel address shows barrel markings of SMITH & WESSON SPRINGFIELD MASS USA PAT'D 17 & 24 65 - JULY 1 65 - AUG 24 69 - APR 20 75 - FEB 20 & DEC 18 1877 REISSUE JULY 25 1871 reissue stamping for model 3 Russian second of third model (old or new model Russian)
Estimate £600-800

THE ABOVE LOT IS PURCHASED AS AN EXEMPT ITEM UNDER SECTION 58 (2) OF THE 1968 FIREARMS ACT. TO BE HELD AS A CURIOSITY OR ORNAMENT.