Fine Modern & Antique Guns - December 2015 : Sale A1215 Lot 516
COLT, USA A .56 PERCUSSION FIVE-SHOT REVOLVING RIFLE, MODEL 1855 BRITISH SIDE-HAMMER, serial no. 11731,

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COLT, USA
A .56 PERCUSSION FIVE-SHOT REVOLVING RIFLE, MODEL '1855 BRITISH SIDE-HAMMER', serial no. 11731,
for 1856, with round 21in. barrel, London proofs, block fore-sight, dove-tailed rear-sight with two folding leaves, octagonal breech-section, solid frame, the top-strap sighting channel signed 'COL COLT HARTFORD CT USA', fully fluted cylinder, the side of action stamped 'COLTS PATENT NOV 24 1853', saddle ring, walnut straight-hand butt-stock with crescent heel-plate, brass trigger-guard tang and bow, hinged under-barrel rammer, the whole with much, probably original finish and traces of colour

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Estimate £4,000-6,000