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It IS a Colt style Revolving rifle that was custom made. These were pre American Civil war period guns. This gun features what looks like Nimiscke Engraving..or the NY style, and a very nice piece of wood for the stock. The action that was used to make the rifle is a Remington model 1858 percussion. I can not make out the makers name.

In my estimation this was a high quality item in its day. The downside for a collector today is that it is not a COlt, Smith & Wesson or even Remington factory item. This gun falls into the nether world of collectability. I would think its cache falls into the Percussion rifle and Shotguns catagory, then the maker if well known adds value...


Now as with everythig it depends on price...At $500 it is a definate buy...nice wood and engraving and the gun will clean up well. At $1000 to $1200 would be it for me..

What I really thinks makes this item is the STOCK and Engraving...that is where the value is, that shows me that it was a high cost quality item.

With more research the value might be higher?

Some one really greased the gun up for storage..that indicates care and once really well cleaned it will probably be mechanically sound..