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A Metropolitan Arms Co. Navy Model Revolver, Serial No. 1818, circa 1864
Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
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Description
- Steel, Silver, Brass, Walnut Wood
blued octagonal barrel with fore-sight, marked METROPOLITAN ARMS. Co. NEW-YORK on top flat, serial number 1818 marked on interior of loading-lever, cylinder, barrel lug, frame, trigger-guard, inside of wood grips and grip strap, cylinder roll engraved with a Civil War depicting the Capture of New Orleans, marked W.L. ORMSBY S.C. NEW ORLEANS APRIL, 1862, case-hardened loading-lever, frame and hammer, silver-plated brass trigger-guard and grip-straps, varnished walnut grips
7-1/2 inch barrel
An estimated 6,063 were produced.
7-1/2 inch barrel
An estimated 6,063 were produced.
Provenance
Chris Anderson
Literature
Wilson, American Arms Collectors, Percussion Colts and Their Rivals, The Al Cali Collection, page 125