GUN SPRING 2018
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 3/21/2018
RARE LATE PRODUCTION RIGDON & ANSLEY CONFEDERATE REVOLVER WITH LARGE SERIAL NUMBERS. RIGDON & ANSLEY NAVY 2259 36 Cal. 36. This Confederate revolver made in Augusta, GA is among the last few hundred made with large style SNs Top of bbl flat is properly marked and inspected "CSA". This gun represents the final refinements to Confederate navy revolvers originally made by Leech & Rigdon and finally by Rigdon & Ansley (Augusta, GA) with 12 stops, Navy style latch and cap release groove. The earliest range of these large SN guns begins about SN 1900. PROVENANCE: Listed by SN in "Confederate Handguns", 1963, pg. 55; Ex-Don Bryan Collection; private Collection, 1994. CONDITION: Good to very good overall as refinished. Metal is fairly smooth, dark grey/plum overall with pitting, SNs on frame and bbl housing are weak. Gun appears mostly orig with matching SNs found on bbl, frame, cylinder, trigger guard, backstrap, loading arm and latch. Cryptic "W" is found on left side of trigger guard at rear. Wedge is spring-type and could not be removed and is incorrect for this particular revolver, so it has to be a replacement. The grips are well fit restorations. Albaugh notes in his 1963 text that this gun appeared to have been in a fire. Mechanically functional with well discerned rifling and bore. 51571-7 JS (15,000-18,000)