Fine Modern & Antique Guns - September 2018 : Sale A0918 Lot 684
SMITH & WESSON, USA A .44 (RUSSIAN) SERVICE-REVOLVER, MODEL NEW MODEL RUSSIAN CONTRACT, serial no. 1879,

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SMITH & WESSON, USA
A .44 (RUSSIAN) SERVICE-REVOLVER, MODEL 'NEW MODEL RUSSIAN CONTRACT', serial no. 1879,
circa 1877, with expertly reblued (in antiquity) 6 1/2in. barrel, the top-rib marked with a Cyrillic inscription', integral crescent fore-sight, fixed rear-sight notch to the barrel latch, automatic ejecting fluted cylinder, break-open frame, smooth walnut grips, lanyard loop at heel, spurred trigger guard, the whole retaining virtually all its reblued finish

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Estimate £2,000-3,000  € 2,219-3,329

Sold as an exempt item under Section 58 (2) of the 1968 Firearms Act, to be held as a curiosity or ornament