PENDING
AU$2,600
Starting Bid: AU$2,500
Est.
AU$3,000
- AU$4,000
Live Auction
August 19 2023, Australian Fine Arms Auction
Live bidding began
Aug 19, 2023 at 10 AM AEST
Description
: 45 long colt cal; 6 shot fluted cylinder; 7 1/2" (190mm) barrel with g. bore, shiny with strong rifling, some surface frosting patches; barrel, straps, trigger guard & trigger retaining much of their original blued finish, majority of wear confined to back strap & ejector tube where a plum patina has developed; frame with some vivid case colours remaining in protected areas, two rows of light vice marks to frame; cylinder with slight plum coloured re-blued finish & inactive fine pitting overall; single line HARTFORD address to top of barrel, 45 COLT to lhs; rampant horse trademark & patents to lhs of frame with the vice marks partially obscuring one of the numbers; small London V & P proofs stamped to barrel & chambers; matching no."s stamped to frame, trigger guard & butt of backstrap; 790 stamped to loading gate; action working well, butter smooth hammer & crisp cylinder indexing; some screw heads slightly burred; present exc., some v. minor handling marks, chequering is crisp; overall in exc. wo & g. to vg. cond. #165954 L/R Mfg. 1896 A lovely example in a desirable calibre