A RARE EARLY PRODUCTION .36 'MODEL 1855' FIRST MODEL SIX-SHOT SINGLE-ACTION REVOLVING PERCUSSION SPORTING RIFLE

S. COLT, HARTFORD, SERIAL NO. 79 FOR CIRCA 1856

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A RARE EARLY PRODUCTION .36 'MODEL 1855' FIRST MODEL SIX-SHOT SINGLE-ACTION REVOLVING PERCUSSION SPORTING RIFLE
S. COLT, HARTFORD, SERIAL NO. 79 FOR CIRCA 1856
With blued two-stage sighted barrel with old English 'ADDRESS S. COLT HARTFORD CT. USA' script signature on the octagonal breech-section, blued top-strap with rear-sight, blued barrel-lug with oiler device to the left side, cylinder with deer hunter scene, blued frame and spur trigger-guard, figured walnut crescentic butt, loading-lever with faded case-hardened finish, cleaning rod fitted to the left side of the barrel, matching numbers to principle components, and much original finish throughout
27in (68.6cm) barrel

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Lot Essay

Total production of the First Model sporting rifle amounted to approximately one thousand examples beginning at serial no. 1. The present Lot and the following Lot each display features unique to the First Model rifle such as the spur-type trigger-guard and the oiler device on the left side of the barrel-lug. The present Lot also benefits from a very crisp deer hunter cylinder scene which was another feature unique to the First Model. The old English lettering forming the barrel signature is only found on low serial number rifles

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