GUN SPRING 2017
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 4/11/2017
EXTREMELY RARE REMINGTON MODEL 1875 SINGLE ACTION REVOLVER WITH EXPERIMENTAL OR PROTOTYPE GRIP FRAME AND GRIPS. REMINGTON 1875 24 44WCF Cal 44 WCF (44-40). Nickel finish with 7-1/2" rnd bbl, full front sight with 1-line "E. REMINGTON & SONS, ILION, N.Y. U.S.A." address. Revolver has the 1875 web on the ejector housing with standard 6-shot fluted cylinder and steel trigger guard, marked on the left rear web "44". The grip frame is most unusual with a rounded backstrap and corresponding contoured front strap that is only 3-1/8" long with square butt versus the usual flared butt of the standard model 1875. Close examination of the grip frame under the grips disclosed that the front strap, backstrap & buttstrap are integral, never having been altered or welded in any respect. They are completely original from the factory. Mounted with 2-pc highly figured smooth walnut grips matching numbered to this revolver. Serial number was observed on left side of buttstrap under the grip inside each grip and on the trigger guard tenon. This revolver is pictured on page 204 of The Guns of Remington, Madus & Remington Society. It is fully identified as a "Third Type" with date of 1881-1885. It was on loan from the F. "Slim" Kohler Collection. This book was a compilation of Remington Arms loaned to the Cody Firearms Museum for a stand-alone exhibit in 1997 titled It Never Failed Me: The Arms & Art of the Remington Arms Company. This revolver is also pictured, both sides, as photos 6A and 6B on page 16 of the January 1978 issue of The Gun Report in a 5-page article by the late renowned dealer/collector Ron Ogan. The article relates that this revolver was purchased by Charles Lee Karr Jr. from the Remington family when he was writing his book on Remington handguns. The article continues that Mr. Karr later sold this revolver after which it passed through a number of well known and renowned collectors, listed under provenance in this description. PROVENANCE: Charles Lee Karr Jr; Roger C. Peterson; Leon (Red) Jackson; Champ Wilson; Stanley Shapiro, Gary Green who was the owner at the time of this article and F. "Slim" Kohler Collection. Gary Phillips Collection. CONDITION: Extremely fine, all matching. Overall retains 95-96% strong orig nickel finish with a couple of small scattered spots on the bbl. Frame has scattered pin-prick surface spotting. Cylinder shows what is probably holster wear around the front edge. Grip frame & trigger guard are strong & clean. Grip is sound showing moderate to heavy wear on the right side. Left side retains about 75% orig oil finish and the right side about 25%. Mechanics are crisp, bright shiny bore with a couple small scattered spots of pitting. 51683-1 JRL (15,000-25,000)