S&W no1 poss 3rd variant

[Groucho222]

Picked up at local gun shop. Thought it is a piece of gun history. I believe it's all original and not renickeled! 22 short. Any info on this would be helpful.

 

[mmaher94087]

Yes. Model 1, 3rd Issue or variant. A very nice example too.

 

[Patbar]

A very nice gun in great condition ! I'd like to have one like that !

 

[Groucho222]

I'll post it if I decide to sell��

 

[Books]

That would pair nicely with it's big brother.


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[Groucho222]

Oh yea any idea of value

 

[first-model]

Oh yea any idea of value

Finger-in-the-wind guess would be $400 to $750 in this neck of the woods. Where in that range would depend on how tight the hinge is, how clean the barrel is (the old corrosive ammo would really pit them), etc.

Mike

 

[Books]

According to the Standard Catalog of Smtih & Wesson:
A No. 1, 3rd issue, in Ex.+ condition $ 1200.
A No. 1 1/2, 2nd issue, in Ex.+ condition $ 1400.

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[first-model]

According to the Standard Catalog of Smtih & Wesson:
A No. 1, 3rd issue, in Ex.+ condition $ 1200.
A No. 1 1/2, 2nd issue, in Ex.+ condition $ 1400.

Those are aspirational prices right now. May have been more accurate when the book was published, but the market for antiques like this is soft right now.

The only Model 1s I see breaking four figures right now are first issue guns, or "fancy" guns with engraving or inscriptions or something of that sort.

Mike

 

[Books]

I just realized that I posted the wrong photo. That one is a center fire.

Here is the tip-up rim fire.

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