GUN FALL 2017
The live portion of this session begins on Tuesday, October 31, 2017.
VERY RARE REMINGTON MODEL 1890 SINGLE ACTION REVOLVER.REMINGTON189074644WCFCal 44 WCF (44-40). Nickel finish with rare 5-3/4" bbl, full blade front sight and groove rear sight in top strap with 1-line "Remington Arms Co." right hand address. Left front side of frame is marked "44 C.F.W". Buttstrap has a factory lanyard swivel. Mounted with 2-pc Remington Arms Co. shield logo hard rubber grips. Right grip has a repaired crack at the heel. Both grips are matching numbered to the revolver. The Model 1890 was Remington's last effort at producing a large frame revolver in a dying market. There were only about 2,020 of these rare revolvers produced 1891-1896. Remington simply was unable to compete with Colt's Model 1873 Single Action Army revolver. Colt, early on had established the Model 1873 with government contracts and had garnered a large slice of the civilian market. By 1896 the demand for big bore, large frame revolvers had waned and with the precipitous drop in sales Remington ceased production of these revolvers. CONDITION: Very fine to extremely fine, all matching except cylinder which is unnumbered. Overall retains about 96-97% bright orig nickel with light holster wear around the muzzle, on the ejector head and loading gate. Inside the trigger guard, forward of the trigger shows loss of nickel turned to medium patina. Grips, with the aforementioned repaired crack have 3 or 4 small dings on each side and show light to moderate diamond point wear, turning slightly chocolate on the right side. Hammer will not catch in the safety notch, otherwise mechanics are fine. Bright shiny bore with scattered pitting. 51929-4 JRL (10,000-15,000)