GUN SPRING 2017
The live portion of this session begins on Tuesday, April 11, 2017.
VERY RARE REMINGTON REVOLVING PERCUSSION RIFLE.REMINGTONREVOLVING RIFLE12844Cal 44. Standard grade rifle with extremely rare 26-1/4" oct bbl, German silver sporting front sight & adjustable, 2-position leaf rear sight. Mounted with very highly figured uncheckered rosewood buttstock that has crescent buttplate. Frame is new model Army style with longer cylinder; extended loading lever and top & bottom tangs. Bottom tang has an integral serpentine trigger guard with spur finger-rest. Left shoulder of trigger guard is marked "44". According to Flayderman's Guide to Antique American Firearms there were less than 1000 of these rifles produced 1866-79 in two calibers. It appears that this rifle was originally silver-plated. CONDITION: Fine, all matching including bbl, frame, bottom tang, buttstock & buttplate. Bbl retains most of a restored brown finish while the receiver, lever, cylinder & buttplate are blued. The screw top & bottom tangs, under the wood and inside the buttplate show orig silver-plating. Stock has a hairline back of top tang otherwise it is sound with a few light nicks and retains most of an old restored finish. Mechanics are fine, bright shiny bore. 51435-2 JRL (5,000-8,000)