3121 COLT 1855 REVOLVING MILITARY RIFLED MUSKET.

Category Firearms & Military
Auction Currency USD
Start Price 1,500.00 USD
Estimated at 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD
Cal. 44. S# 2230. Estimated total of 9,310 mfg. 1856-64. Approx. 4,400 were purchased by the US government. This rifle is not US marked. Bbl. 27" round w/ lug for saber bayonet. German silver blade front sight w/ 2 leaf rear sight. Six shot fully fluted cyl. 2 band fastened walnut stock w/ brass forend tip & straight grip stock having crescent steel buttplate & sling swivels. Brass tipped ramrod. UNATTACHED ACCESSORIES: J. M. Davis Museum inventory tag & catalogue clipping. CONDITION: frame, cyl. & bbl. bands show general pitting. Bbl., trigger guard, buttplate & other fittings have a faded brown appearance w/ some light pitting. Wood has worn finish w/ age darkening showing numerous scratches, marks & dents. Lower tang shows evidence of a welded repair. Ramrod tube is broken between the bbl. bands. Action does not lock securely on all chambers. Dark lightly pitted bore retains strong rifling. PROVENANCE: rifle is fitted w/ brass tag no. "8895" identifying it to the J. M. Davis Memorial Arms & Historical Museum in Claremore, Oklahoma. Catalogue clipping shows this rifle as lot no. "40138" sold at auction to benefit the museum. (01-24832/DS). ANTIQUE. $3,000-5,000.