Page 265 - Demo

A Masterpiece by the Hand of R.J. Kornbrath
Courtesy of the George F. Gamble Collection
LOT 383 revolver on page 47, this revolver was customized for target shooter Charles
Extraordinary, Documented, Cased Rudolph J. Kornbrath Signed, Master Engraved, and Gold Inlaid Colt Officer’s Model Double Action Revolver Featured in “The Colt Engraving Book Volume Two” by R.L. Wilson and Made for World Record Setting Marksman Dr. C.H. Wilson with Factory Letter - Serial no. 361620, 38 special cal., 8 5/8 inch round bbl., blue finish, relief carved grips. The included factory letter indicates the revolver was shipped on December 12, 1913, to J.A. Johnston of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in .38 caliber with a 7 1/2 inch barrel, checkered walnut grips, special order checkered grip straps, and blue finish. As discussed on page 46 of “The Colt Engraving Book Volume Two” by R.L. Wilson which features this
H. Wilson by the shop of Adolph Oscar Zischang in Syracuse, New York, and engraved by Master Engraver Rudolph J. Kornbrath of Hartford, Connecticut. Dr. Charles H. Wilson (1871-1941) was a doctor and prominent marksman in Pittsburgh. He was the champion in 1913 and also set the world record with a revolver with a score of 488 out of 500. A composite target of this record was used to advertise Winchester’s “Lesmok” cartridges. Zischang was from a long line of gunsmiths in Saxony and immigrated from Germany in the 1870s and worked for Sharps Rifle Company before opening his own shop in the 1880s where he earned a reputation for incredibly accurate barrels and for his single shot rifles in particular.
263
INCLUDES A COPY OF GEORGE GAMBLE AND R.L. WILSON’S A LIFE’S TAPESTRY OF A COLLECTOR, THE GAMBLE COLLECTION WHERE THIS REVOLVER IS PICTURED AND IDENTIFIED