GUN FALL 2016
The live portion of this session begins on Tuesday, October 4, 2016.
RARE REMINGTON ZOUAVE ROLLING BLOCK CONVERSION.REMINGTONRIFLE10258 CFCal. 58 CF. SN 102. This rare rifle, one of possibly only two known, certainly few were ever made. It was made by Remington in 1867 from leftover Zouave rifles & was likely not acceptable to the military due to the heavy caliber, especially since the lighter 50-70 caliber was already in production. This rifle was one of two in the Remington Factory Museum & was de-accessioned in the 1940''s to reduce the size of the collection. It is described as having the orig Zouave bbl, 32-1/4" long, with saber bayonet lug on right side, orig front sight & 2-leaf, 3-position rear sight with orig Zouave brass furniture consisting of a nosecap, two bands, buttplate & small patchbox. Recess under patchbox has hole for spare nipple. It has a regular rnd top rolling block action with a sling loop in front web of trigger guard. The number "102" is stamped in the stock on bottom left front side of wrist by trigger guard. The number "175" is found on left side of top tang, under the wood and the number "23" is found on left side of butt. The number "5" is found on tang screw, which is also case colored. There are tack holes on bottom of stock, reportedly from where the brass Remington museum tag was removed. Accompanied by an orig unmarked brass handle bayonet with 20-1/8" Yaghtahan blade with a small "H" inspector mark on handguard and a "B.H." on back of grip. It has its fine orig brass & leather scabbard. PROVENANCE: The William Smith Collection. CONDITION: Extremely fine. Bbl retains about all of its glossy, bright, orig blue with some slight bayonet wear at muzzle. Receiver & trigger guard retain virtually all of their brilliant, orig case colors. Breechblock & hammer are in the white. Wood is sound with a series of small dings on forestock & light handling & storage marks on buttstock. Mechanics are crisp, bright shiny bore. Bayonet is very fine to extremely fine. Blade is bright with light surface discoloration, mostly on left side. Handle is clean. Scabbard is slightly crackled. 50600-1 FTL351 (7,000-10,000)