Winchester Repeating Arms Company. Herb Houze
Читать онлайн.| Название | Winchester Repeating Arms Company |
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| Автор произведения | Herb Houze |
| Жанр | Изобразительное искусство, фотография |
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| Издательство | Изобразительное искусство, фотография |
| Год выпуска | 0 |
| isbn | 9781440224980 |
Remington-UMC Model 1911 pistol; serial range 1 - 21676; having Colt and Remington-UMC slide markings, and E or B inspector stamps:
| 5B-250 | Values—Very Good $600 | Exc. $1,750 |
Singer Manufacturing Company Model 1911A1 pistol; serial range S800001 - S800500; S. MFG. CO/ELIZABETH N.J. slide markings; blued finish (not Parkerized); only 500 made; JKC inspector markings:
| 5B-251 | Values—Very Good $5,000 | Exc. $17,500 |
Union Switch & Signal Company Model 1911A1 pistol; serial range 1041405 - 1096404; slides include marking: U.S. & S. CO./SWISSVALE.PA. U.S.A.; about 40,000 made; RCD, HA, and R inspector markings:
| 5B-252 | Values—Very Good $950 | Exc. $2,250 |
Remington Rand, Inc. Model 1911A1 pistol; serial ranges are several, the lowest number is 916405, and the highest 2619013; about 900,000 total made; REMINGTON RAND INC. slide marking; FJA, G, and HS inspector markings:
| 5B-253 | Values—Very Good $800 | Exc. $1,500 |
Ithaca Gun Company, Inc. Model 1911A1 pistol; serial ranges are several, the lowest number 856405, and the highest 2693613; about 400,000 total made; ITHACA GUN CO. slide marking; FJA, G, and HS inspector markings:
| 5B-254 | Values—Very Good $800 | Exc. $1,500 |
(Note: For further information, detailed serial number breakdown, markings, and other data, the author recommends Colt Automatic Pistols by Donald B. Bady, and Wilson-Sutherland, The Book of Colt Firearms. The amount of detail for the advanced collector is extensive.)
Colt Model 1861 Special Musket
5B-255
Model 1861 Special Musket. Manufactured 1861-65. Production usually estimated at 75,000. Recent information from government records indicates that the total was 100,000 and that many of them supplied for state contracts; this will explain the numerous specimens encountered with N.J. (New Jersey) markings on both barrel and stock.
58 caliber. Single shot muzzleloader made on government contract for use in the Civil War. 40" barrel standard; three barrel bands.
Oil-stained walnut stock. Metal parts for most of the production were finished “in the white,” but bluing was standard on nipples, rear sights, and various screws. Barrels fastened to forend by three oval, split-ring iron barrel bands, tightened into place by clamping screws at the bottom of each band. Late production models fitted with solid iron bands retained in place by long narrow springs inletted in the stock as on the standard M1861 contract musket.
No serial numbers were used in the standard production of the Model 1861 Musket. On the lockplate is stamped:
U.S./COLT’S PT F.A. MFG CO./HARTFORD CT.The date of manufacture appears behind the hammer, e.g., 1861. An American eagle was marked on the bolster, and government inspector stamps are on several parts.
An unknown quantity, (likely sizeable) of Colt M1861 Muskets were sold on the civilian market during the Civil War. Some of them had failed to pass the more stringent government inspections yet were definitely serviceable. Classified by Colt as “Second Class U.S. Rifle Muskets” all are identified by their lack of the distinctive eagle marking on the bolster and the usual U.S. government inspector markings. Colt had agreements with the eminent New York City military outfitters and arms dealers Schuyler, Hartley & Graham who sold 2,500 of those muskets to the state of Connecticut in July, 1863. Values approximately the same as for the government-marked specimens
| 5B-255 | Values—Very Good $1,500 | Exc. $3,750 |
(Note: Further details on the 58 caliber “Special Musket” appear in Chapter IX, U.S. Military Longarms.)
Colt Berdan Single Shot Rifle
5B-256
Colt Berdan Single Shot Rifle. Breechloader with “trapdoor” breech system; made in rifle (standard model) and carbine types. Manufactured from 1866 to about 1870. Total of all types exceeded 30,000.
42 centerfire cartridge. Single shot. Rifle barrels measured 32-1/2", and the carbines 18-1/4".
Serial numbering of the Russian contract rifles (which represented nearly all of the Colt Berdan production) ran from 1 on up; and followed the barrel marking Colt’s Fire Arms Factory Hartford America No. (in Russian Cyrillic letters). Arms for American sales bore Colt’s name and the Hartford address in English on the barrel.
Ironically the Berdan was the Colt company’s first metallic cartridge firearm. Patent for the weapon’s breech system had been taken out by Hiram Berdan, known for his legendary Civil War “Sharpshooters” Regiment. The Colt Berdan rifle and carbine represent a pioneer American product in the rapidly growing field of breechloading metallic cartridge military firearms. These weapons are difficult to obtain due to the fact that nearly all of the production was shipped to Russia, and few have returned.
Basic variants are:
Standard model, Russian-order rifles, with Cyrillic barrel markings and serial numbers (numbers also marked on bottom of barrel); total quantity of about 30,000:
| 5B-256 | Values—Very Good $600 | Exc. $1,250 |
Carbines with Cyrillic barrel markings; made in hopes of quantity orders by the Russians; total of not more than 25 made; half stocked:
| 5B-257 | Values—Very Good $3,000 | Exc. $6,000 |
Carbines with Colt, Hartford barrel markings; in attempt to win orders from U.S. government; approximately 25 or less made; half stocked:
| 5B-258 | Values—Very Good $5,000 | Exc. $10,000 |
Standard model military rifle, with Colt barrel markings in English; serial numbers not always present; total quantity in 42 caliber of not more than 100:
| 5B-259 |