April 24-25, 2019 Extraordinary, Sporting, & Collector Firearms
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 4/25/2019
Manufactured 1856. Serial number 7265. Caliber .56. Rare rifled musket with 37-1/2" round barrel with octagonal breech area. It has a square base barleycorn front sight/bayonet lug and a 3-leaf rear sight with two folding leaves and one standing leaf. Top strap has the Col. Colt Hartford address and it has a 5-shot full fluted cylinder. Mounted with a full length uncheckered walnut forestock with two bands and a brass nosecap with its original knurled head ramrod. Buttstock is straight grain uncheckered American walnut with straight grip & musket style buttplate with trap for storing brass cleaning rod extension that is still in place. It has a brass trigger guard & bottom tang with creeping style rammer. The serial number was observed on the rear of cylinder, bottom of frame, and on brass trigger guard. The number “10965” appears on the cylinder pin and the number “7265” appears on the toe of the buttplate. The cleaning rod is from an 1878 Sharps Borchardt. CONDITION: Fine. The steel parts all retain a smooth even grey brown patina and the brass parts a very dark mottled patina, slightly thinned just behind the trigger guard. Cylinder also has fine pitting. Frame is lightly pitted to rear of recoil shield with clear and legible markings. Buttstock is sound, has an additional coat of finish showing period wear with a couple of gouges above the toe, and retains a heavy dark oiled patina. Mechanics are fine, bright shiny bore with some roughness in the grooves. A rare complete rifled musket in fine condition.
Caliber/Bore
.56 Percussion
Model
1855 Root Revolving Rifle