A U.S. Martially Marked Remington Model 1861 Navy Revolver, Serial No. 15753, circa 1863

Estimate

8,000 - 10,000 USD

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Description

Steel, Brass, Walnut wood

blued octagonal barrel with inspector's mark W and P (under lever), marked PATENTED DEC. 17. 1861 / MANUFACTURED BY REMINGTONS' ILION, N.Y, case-hardened hammer, brass trigger-guard, oil-finished walnut grips marked with inspector's cartouche CGC on left side

7-1/2 inch barrel

Provenance

William M. Locke

Literature

Sellers, The William M. Locke Collection, page 307

Wilson, American Arms Collectors, Percussion Colts and Their Rivals, The Al Cali Collection, page 83