GUN FALL 2015
The live portion of this session begins on Monday, October 5, 2015.
CONFEDERATE USED COLT MODEL 1860 FLUTED ARMY REVOLVER SHIPPED TO NATCHEZ, MISSISSIPPI.COLTFLUTED ARMY16264444 Cal. At the beginning of the Civil War, many Colts were being shipped to the South. This gun SN 1626 is accompanied by ori Colt factory letter stating it was one of 80 guns shipped to later Gen. William T. Martin in Natchez, Mississippi, January 17, 1861. There is a name stamped on the backstrap which reads "SMITH J. Y. T. - 1862 - " (possibly commemorative, but unknown as to meaning). Gen William Thomas Martin commanded the Jeff Davis legion at the beginning of the war and had a great war record with his Mississippi Cavalry which fought through most battles in Virginia, Tennessee and Georgia under Wade Hampton and Joe Wheeler. Fluted Colt Armies with factory letters stating "shipped to the South" in 1861 are quite rare and only 2 or 3 are known shipped to Mississippi. PROVENANCE: Collection of Jim Maconkey. CONDITION: Gun is good overall with clean grey metal and good markings, though bbl address is only half discernible as can be seen in photographs. Gun appears orig with exception of wedge which has been restored and renumbered to match gun. Stocks have hand worn patina and much edge wear. There is an indiscernible number in channel but stocks appear orig to gun. 49442-10 JS (8,000-12,000)