Main Sale - June 2010 : Sale A1042 Lot 554
COLT A .44 MODEL 1860 ARMY SIX-SHOT SINGLE-ACTION PERCUSSION REVOLVER, serial no.158667

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COLT
A .44 MODEL '1860 ARMY' SIX-SHOT SINGLE-ACTION PERCUSSION REVOLVER, serial no.158667
for 1866, with 8in round sighted barrel signed 'ADDRESS COL. SAM'l COLT NEW-YORK U.S. AMERICA', nickel-silver fore-sight, cylinder engraved with naval scene, patent no. over-stamped with last four digits of serial no., steel frame not cut for shoulder-stock and marked 'COLTS PATENT', brass trigger-guard, steel grip-strap a replacement from gun no xx5735, wood grips, the base of which crudely carved with two sets of initials (the whole with very little finish, bruising and discolouration to metal, hammer with old repair, replacement non-original trigger), TOGETHER WITH a period soft-leather full-flap lined holster, (stitching loose, extensive wear)
Estimate £300-500

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.