Lot 57
  • 57

A Remington Model 1861 Army Revolver, Serial No. 8224, circa 1862

Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 USD
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Description

  • Steel, Brass, Walnut wood
blued octagonal barrel with fore-sight, top flat marked PATENTED DEC. 17 1861 / MANUFACTURED BY REMINGTONS' ILION, N.Y., serial number 8224 on underside of barrel, inspector's letters S on left-side barrel and frame, letter A on butt-strap, and letters B and R on brass trigger-guard, C 72 stamped on frame's left-side below cylinder, oil-finished walnut grips

8-inch barrel



An estimated 6,000 were produced.



 

Provenance

William M. Locke

Literature

Sellers, The William M. Locke Collection, page 311

Wilson, American Arms Collectors, Percussion Colts and Their Rivals, The Al Cali Collection, page 84