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LOT 3135
Rare Cased Colt Model 1851 Navy Percussion Revolver with Matching Shoulder Stock - Serial no. 79511, 36 cal., 7 1/2 inch octagon
bbl., blue/casehardened/silver finish, walnut grips. This impressive Colt Model 1851 Navy was manufactured in 1857 and is designed to be used as a handgun or as a short repeating carbine with the included shoulder stock attached. The U.S. military also experimented with similar designs with the Springfield Model 1855 Pistol-Carbines, and earlier repeating pistols like the Volcanic also had the option of detachable stocks. To enable its use as a carbine, the recoil shield is cut, the heel has an indent, and the sides of the frame have added screws with long heads to help secure
the stock. The revolver has a dovetailed blade front sight as found on early four screw frame variations (serial number range 67000-79000), a hammer notch rear sight, and a swivel mounted on the trigger guard. The barrel and cylinder
are blue, the iron grip straps are silver plated,
and the remaining surfaces are casehardened. The barrel also has the “-ADDRESS SAML COLT HARTFORD CT.-” marking. The “four-screw” frame has the “COLTS/PATENT” marking. There are some small single letter inspection markings on several components, and the various components have the matching serial number. The shoulder stock
is numbered to the revolver just ahead of the front sling swivel and on the heel of the buttplate and has silver plated brass furniture and a “piano” varnish finish on the walnut. The revolver and stock come in a fitted oak case with green baize lining, a loading and cleaning directions label inside the lid, cleaning rod, dual cavity mold,
bag shaped James Dixon & Sons “COLTS NAVY FLASK,” Eley Bros. cap tin, cartridge pack, L-shaped combination tool, and oiler.