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LOT 3021
Antique Colt Medium Frame Lightning Slide Action Rifle - Serial no. 60811, 44-40 WCF cal., 26 inch octagon bbl., blue finish, walnut stock. Manufactured in 1891 with standard markings. It is fitted with a German silver blade fronts sight and elevation adjustable semi-buckhorn rear sight. It is mounted with a multi-point checkered forearm and straight grip stock with a crescent buttplate.
CONDITION: Very good, retains 20% of the original blue finish, mostly in sheltered areas, with the balance having thinned to mostly a smooth grey and brown patina, with some scattered patches of light pitting throughout. The wood is also very good with a couple minor cracks in the slide handle, scattered minor dings and scratches, and otherwise crisp checkering. Mechanically excellent.
Estimate: 1,800 - 2,750
LOT 3022
Winchester Model 1894 Lever Action Saddle Ring Trapper’s Carbine with Desirable 16 Inch Barrel - Serial no. 763239, 30 WCF cal., 16 inch round
bbl., blue finish, walnut stock. Manufactured in 1915 with standard markings including Winchester factory oval proofs on the barrel and receiver at the
breech. Fitted with pinned blade front and elevation adjustable notch rear sights, and a saddle ring on the left of the receiver. Mounted with a smooth forearm and straight grip stock with a carbine buttplate. The desirable 16 inch barrel on this example means that it is exempt from the National Firearms Act.
CONDITION: Good, showing mostly a smooth grey patina overall with some scattered patches of light pitting. The wood is also good with some minor aging/swelling type cracks, mostly on the left side, and minor dings and scratches scattered throughout. Mechanically excellent.
Estimate: 3,500 - 5,500
LOT 3023
Antique Black Powder Colt Single Action Army Revolver - Serial no.
99567, 45 LC cal., 4 3/4 inch round bbl., blue/casehardened finish, hard
rubber grips. The Colt Single Action Army was one of the most popular
handguns in late 19th century and is easily the most iconic and most
thoroughly associated with the American West. This example certainly has
the classic look of an authentic western working gun. The revolver will
factory letter as an SAA with a 4 3/4 inch barrel in .45 caliber and blue finish when shipped on August 17, 1886 to E.C. Meacham Arms Co. of St. Louis, Missouri, the gateway to the American West. This shipment was for 40 guns. Unnumbered barrel with the two-line Hartford address. Matching full or partial serial numbers are on the frame, trigger guard, back strap, and cylinder.
CONDITION: Very good, exuding an as found smooth dark patina with 20% of the original blue finish in the sheltered areas. Heavier amounts of original blue remain on the ejector rod housing and underside of the barrel. The period replacement factory hard rubber grips are fine with crisp checkering. Mechanically
fine. An iconic .45 LC black powder SAA revolver with authentic frontier type character.
Estimate: 2,500 - 4,000
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