LOT #57102 |
Sold on Nov 20, 2008 for: Not Sold
Smith & Wesson/ Volcanic Type Lever Action Repeating Pistol, Quite Possibly a Factory Pre-Production Experimental/ Prototype....
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Description
Smith & Wesson/ Volcanic Type Lever Action Repeating Pistol, Quite Possibly a Factory Pre-Production Experimental/ Prototype. Exquisite quality, superb condition. 12½" overall with 7" (measured from the breech) octagonal rifled barrel, .41 caliber. The gun is completely unmarked including internally. Scroll/floral engraved nickeled brass frame. Scroll engraved removable blued steel side plates. Nickeled brass back strap with geometric engraving and swivel/lanyard ring on the butt, surrounded by engraving. Frame, straps with 98% nickel, side plates with 70% blue, just fading. Varnished rosewood bag shaped grips about mint with engraved screw escutcheons. The base of the cartridge guide, lever and hammer are highly burnished steel. The barrel and magazine tube exhibit an elegant faux damascene finish, just some fading, about 70% intact. The double ring lever feeds the cartridge and cocks the hammer. A protrusion on the tip of the rear ring actuates a trigger mechanism embedded in the front grip strap when squeezed. Cylindrical sliding breech block with spring loaded firing pin. Bead front sight, notch rear sight with a circular aperture. Missing the cartridge guide rod and spring, otherwise complete and original in every respect. Near mint, probably unfired, just some fading of the finish on the barrel and side plates. Possibly a period European copy although of the handful of specimens that have surfaced over the years none are in this same configuration. A very rare and beautiful pistol and an important example of this innovative step in firearms development.Auction Info
2008 November Signature Civil War Auction #6015 (go to Auction Home page)
Auction Dates
November, 2008
20th-21st
Thursday-Friday
Bids + Registered Phone Bidders: 2
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