Lot 60
  • 60

A Remington-Beals 1st Model Belt Revolver, Serial No. 149, circa 1857

Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 USD
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Description

  • Steel, Silver
blued octagonal barrel with german-silver fore-sight marked F. BEALS' PATENT / JUNE 24. '56 & MAY26. '57, frame marked REMINGTONS / ILLION, N.Y., serial numbered 149 inside trigger-guard, color case-hardened hammer, smooth gutta-percha grips with serial number 149 marked on butt-cap

3-inch barrel



Fordyce Beals (1806 - 1870)



First revolver made by Remington circa 1857-1858.  Approximately 4,500 to 5,000 were produced.  

Literature

Sellers, The William M. Locke Collection, page 457