The Revolver is not rare, but the finish & condition shown sure is!! There were not a lot of the commercial model manufactured, maybe 13,000, but value does not seem to be affected by whether it is Commercial or Russian contract. Even though there were far fewer Commercial revolvers made, the Russian contract guns are more valuable. Not may of the Russian contract revolvers remain. I have shot all mine and range wear is minimal. To fully understand what these revolvers represented 140 years ago, one has to experience the shooting experience. Maybe you need another one not so nice to shoot?
A quick visual comparison can be seen by my three models of Russians below.
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Gary
SWCA 2515
Last edited by glowe; 04-17-2017 at 09:53 AM.
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