Fine Modern & Antique Guns - March 2017 : Sale A0317 Lot 591
COLT, USA A .36 PERCUSSION FIVE-SHOT SINGLE-ACTION REVOLVER, MODEL 1851 LONDON NAVY, serial no. 25903,

Product Details

COLT, USA
A .36 PERCUSSION FIVE-SHOT SINGLE-ACTION REVOLVER, MODEL '1851 LONDON NAVY', serial no. 25903,
for 1855, with 7 1/2in. octagonal barrel signed 'ADDRESS COL. COLT LONDON', bead fore-sight, plain blued cylinder (roll engraved scene deliberately removed), blued open iron frame, blued grip-straps and trigger-guard bow, smooth walnut one-piece grips and hinged under-barrel rammer, bluing appearing to be period London finish

Other Notes: Colt revolvers acquired by the British Navy were often stripped of their cylinder scene and refinished in London

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Estimate £1,200-1,600