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Lot 7051
Sale 2009 - Arms, Armor and Militaria Online
Lots Open
Jun 26, 2024
Lots Close
Jul 9, 2024
Timed Online / Cincinnati
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Estimate
$400 -
700
Price Realized
$420
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
Colt Model 1878 Hammer Shotgun
10 gauge. 26" barrels. SN: 7874 (mfg. ca.1881). Browned Damascus patterned barrels with 3" chambers and nominally cylinder bore, color casehardened locks and steel furniture, checkered walnut forend with contrasting tip insert and checkered pistol gripped buttstock with checkered hard rubber Rampant Colt buttplate. Side by side metallic cartridge breechloading shotgun with double triggers, exposed hammers and no front sight, suggesting that the barrels may have been shortened. Plain locks marked COLT'S PT F.A. MFG CO. Barrel rib marked COLT'S PT F.A. MFG CO. HARTFORD, CT U.S.A. Matching serial numbers on triggerguard, under barrels and inside forend. 13.5" length of pull, 2." drop at comb, 3.5" drop at heel.
This lot is located in Cincinnati.








