November 15 & 16, 2022 Extraordinary Firearms & Militaria
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 11/16/2022
Manufactured in 1862 with 7 - 1/2" octagonal barrel in .36 caliber with screw-in cone front sight, New York barrel address, and hammer notch rear sight. 1 piece plain walnut grips. Matching serial numbers observed on rammer, barrel, wedge, frame, cylinder arbor, cylinder, trigger guard, and butt. Factory engraved in Gustave Young's style with arabesque foliate and floral scroll on a punchdot background in No. 2 coverage. Accented with ring border around muzzle, tapered spire border around barrel address, engraving on screws and wedge, cross hatching near top grip screws, and sunbursts near top of backstrap and on each side of backstrap where it meets frame. "E" marking near frame, trigger guard, and butt near serial numbers denoting this gun was set aside for factory engraving. CONDITION: Excellent, retaining most of the original bluing which is thinning to a gray patina with areas of bright bluing in well-protected areas. Grips are excellent as lightly cleaned with no major cracks. Brass trigger guard and backstrap retain the vast majority of their plating. Action is tight and crisp. Bore is frosted with sharp rifling.
