Fine Modern & Antique Guns - June 2014 : Sale A0614 Lot 640
* COLT, USA A .56 PERCUSSION FIVE-SHOT REVOLVING PRIZE CARBINE, MODEL '1855 BRITISH CARBINE', serial no. 11784,

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* COLT, USA
A .56 PERCUSSION FIVE-SHOT REVOLVING PRIZE CARBINE, MODEL '1855 BRITISH CARBINE', serial no. 11784,
circa 1860, with round 21in. barrel, the top-strap signed ''COL. COLT HARTFORD C.T. U.S.A.', applied nickel blade fore-sight, folding leaf rear-sight and additional sighting groove to the top-strap, fully fluted cylinder, solid iron frame (strong traces of blued finish), side-mounted hammer, walnut straight hand butt-stock, the right side with an inlet oval white-metal plaque inscribed '19TH MIDD X. R.V. PRESENTED BY COL? H.H. WILLIAMS, WON BY LC. CI. S. MONEYPENNY 1866', iron carbine heel-plate, brass trigger-guard bow and tang, iron saddle-ring to left hand side of action and articulated under-barrel rammer.

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Estimate £5,000-7,000