GUN FALL 2015
The live portion of this session begins on Monday, October 5, 2015.
REMINGTON MODEL 1875 SINGLE ACTION ARMY REVOLVER.REMINGTON1875 SAA61644 WCFCal. 44 WCF (44-40). Nickel finish with 7-1/2" bbl, full front sight and 1-line "E. REMINGTON & SONS" address. Mounted with 2-pc smooth walnut grips matching numbered on inside of each grip. According to Flayderman's Guide to Antique American Firearms there were only about 25,000-30,000 of these fine revolvers produced in the period 1875-1889. The Remington Army was a fine revolver in its day and would have been serious competition for the Colt Model 1873 but it appeared on the market two years after the Colt, by which time Colt was well established with military contracts which Remington could never generate. Even though the Remington was every bit the equivalent of the Colt, Remington did not have the distribution and contacts to reach widespread customers. It is believed that there was a contract for 10,000 of these revolvers by the Egyptian government but apparently only a few were delivered. The government of Mexico purchased about 1,000 of them. PROVENANCE: Don Littman Collection; Robert Howard Estate Collection. CONDITION: Extremely fine. Overall retains just about all of its strong orig nickel finish with some faint muzzle edge wear, slight wear on ejector rod head and light dulling from handling; screws retain most of their orig fire blue; grips are sound with a couple of gouges & bruises, moderate edge wear and retains most of their orig varnish. Mechanics are fine, bright shiny bore. 49450-17 JR (9,000-15,000)