16th Dec, 2016 9:00 GMT/BST

Militaria & Ethnographica

 
Lot 564
 

564

A Remington Navy Six Shot Single Action Percussion Revolver, the 18.5cm octagonal steel barrel...

A Remington Navy Six Shot Single Action Percussion Revolver, the 18.5cm octagonal steel barrel signed on the top flat PATENTED DEC.17 1861, MANUFACTURED BY REMINGTON'S, ILION. N.Y., with brass trigger guard and walnut two piece grip scales.
**When removed the left grip scale reveals the number 18807, which indicates it was in the first batch issued in the American Civil War

Sold for £650
Estimated at £450 - £650


 

Action works. Pitting to the cylinder and barrel overall light corrosion with wear to maker's mark. Some bruising to grip. Otherwise good. Other than numbering as described in cataloguing there appears to be no further numbering. There is little evidence of bluing.

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Auction: Militaria & Ethnographica, 16th Dec, 2016

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