Posted August 1, 2017 10:00 am by Comments

By Chris Eger

Rock Island’s upcoming September Premiere Auction has several collections’ worth of vintage Colt revolvers including Squarebacks, a Walker and a factory shoulder stocked model.
The auction has well over 500 Colts, mostly revolvers, and spans the line from museum pieces and early rares to more affordable offerings for the collector eager to flesh out their wheel gun niche. Here are some of the more exciting specimins we saw:
The crown jewel appears to be this set of Colt Model 1851 Navy style “Squareback” .36 caliber percussion revolvers, so named because of their distinctive square-backed brass trigger guards. Estimated Price: $200,000 – $325,000, but hey, its a set. (Photos: RIA)
Next up is this exhibition engraved Colt Model 1860 .44 caliber Army Revolver with its matching factory shoulder stock. While the 8-inch barrel is sweet, the stock is what sets the piece off and it has been documented as passing through some of the most esteemed firearms collections in history. Estimated Price: $160,000 – $280,000
One of Colt’s earliest designs, this “D Company” Walker Model 1847 percussion revolver is a beast with its 9-inch partial octagon barrel and tips the scales at over 4-pounds. Just 220 of these guns were marked for D Company of

Source: Guns.com

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