GUN FALL 2015
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 10/5/2015
RARE COLT SPECIAL ORDER FIELD GRADE DAMASCUS DOUBLE BARREL SHOTGUN. COLT 1878 7418 10 GA Cal. 10 GA Field grade shotgun with special order 31" Damascus bbls that have tapered concave rib, single brass bead, marked with makers name & address. Mounted with very nicely figured European walnut with checkered, black insert, Schnable tip, splinter forearm and straight stock with Rampant Colt hard rubber buttplate. Lockplates, hammers & receiver have simple line borders, this being almost the plainest grade. These plain grade shotguns are almost never found with orig finish having been the "working man''s" tool, they usually saw very hard service. Colt produced about 23,000 of these high quality shotguns in three gauges during the period 1878-1889 until competition from cheap European imports forced them to stop production. Very few survived today and of those, incredibly few retain any orig finish. CONDITION: Extremely fine, all matching (buttstock was not checked for matching number). Bbls retain about 98% strong brown Damascus pattern with only slight muzzle edge wear and a couple small spots of surface rust. Receiver, lockplates & hammer retain most of their brilliant, orig case colors, slightly faded on front tip of right lockplate & bottom of receiver. Trigger guard retains about 98% brilliant fire blue as does the opening lever. Wood is sound with a few very light handling & storage nicks and retains about all of its orig oil finish. Mechanics are crisp. Bright shiny bores, appears to be new and unfired. 48568-11 JR (8,500-12,500)