20th Jan, 2016 9:00 GMT/BST

Militaria & Ethnographica

 
Lot 422
 

422

A Smith & Wesson ";Old Army"; Model 2 Six Shot Single Action Rimfire Revolver, the 15.5cm octagonal

A Smith & Wesson "Old Army" Model 2 Six Shot Single Action Rimfire Revolver, the 15.5cm octagonal steel barrel stamped SMITH & WESSON, SPRINGFIELD, MASS., the cylinder stamped PATENTED APRIL 3 1855, JULY 5 1859 & DEC. 18 1860, with tip-up frame for loading, sheath trigger and walnut grip scales, the steel backstrap numbered 24084(2), in a later walnut case with three bullet moulds, lead bullets and three cap tins

Sold for £420
Estimated at £400 - £600


 

Action works. Brown patination to metalwork. Small areas of bruisng to each side of the tip-up frame and barrel extremities

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Auction: Militaria & Ethnographica, 20th Jan, 2016

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