April 24-25, 2019 Extraordinary, Sporting, & Collector Firearms
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 4/25/2019
This pistol is featured on page 198 of "Remington Rolling Block Pistols" by Jerry Landskron and is from his personal collection. The photograph in the book shows this pistol as well as the rare 7-line patent date. Caliber .50 CF. Blue and color case hardened with 8" round barrel, pinched blade front sight with sight notch in top edge of breechblock. Breechblock is straw finished and hammer is straw colored. Frame, trigger guard and grip frame are color case hardened. Trigger is fire blue with hammer & breech block pins straw colored. Mounted with uncheckered, straight grain American walnut with one piece grip and tiny forearm. Serial number is found on left side of backstrap, under the grip, along with the assembly number “2678”, which is also found on left side of front & back straps, under the grip, and inside the front strap channel of the grip. Left side of grip has the crisp cartouche “CRS” and left side of frame has the inspector initials “P” & “S”. According to Flayderman’s Guide to Antique American Firearms there were a total of 6,000 of these pistols produced in the period 1872-1888, of which 5,000 were purchased by the U.S. government. CONDITION: Very fine to extremely fine, barrel retains 95-96% strong original blue with some dulling from handling, light muzzle edge wear, a couple of minor nicks and some minor flaking. Frame, trigger guard and backstrap retain virtually all of their strong, bright case colors, brilliant in sheltered areas. Breech block retains about all of its bright finish and hammer & frame pins retain most of their original straw colors. Wood is sound with handling and storage nicks, dings & scratches, and some light hammer marks on butt, overall retains most of its original oil finish. Mechanics are crisp, bright shiny bore. A museum marking in white paint is found on front strap and can easily be removed.
OUTSTANDING MARTIALLY MARKED REMINGTON MODEL 1871 ARMY ROLLING BLOCK PISTOL.