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A historic Remington single action revolver,
Currency:USD
Category:Collectibles
Start Price:5,000.00 USD
Estimated At:10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD
SOLD
Winning Bid Undisclosed
This item SOLD at 2009 Nov 21 @ 13:31UTC-07:00 : PDT/MST
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bone handled horse head bowie knife, holster rig and hand written notarized letter giving provenance to Oglala Sioux warrior "Red Shirt". The letter dated May 17th 1947reads "To wit my uncle received this gun and knife outfit from his father in 1907, his father told him the outfit belonged to a Sioux Indian named Man who rides a big horse with Red Shirt. He just called him Red Shirt. Red Shirt was a Hunkapapa Indian and was at Custers battle. He claimed to be the first to touch coop(sic) on Custer. This outfit has been in a trunk in barn with other artifacts for almost 40 years, included... tack Remington pistol, horse head knife, leather tack holster, knife sheath and tack belt. Signed BJ Colter Pony Montana. The letter on lower right corner has state of Montana notary seal stamped to it, the notary Ed Scharnikow. with the time of 10:30 and his initials ES written below the seal. Edward Scharnikow worked at the Morris Bank in Pony Montana. Pony Montana was discovered in the 1870's as a mining town that once had a population of over 1000 but is now nearly a ghost town with under 100 residence. Many of the building are still standing including the Morris Bank. Much history surrounds Red Shirt including his involvement in the battle of Little Big Horn (or not) depending on various historians. Red Shirt went on to work in the Bill Cody's Wild West Show and later died in 1925. The revolver a Remington New Model Army .44 cal. SN 66463 shows a deep dark brown patina with moderate surface pitting, walnut grips having been tacked, the left side with crudely engraved five point star and rolling log design, the action functioning however cylinder doesn't rotate. Carved horse head knife measures 13 1/2", lower portion of handle has chipped away, the blade with heavy scattered surface erosion and rust. The leather belt with heavy brass unmarked buck, decorated with 29 brass spots, one missing. Holster heavily fringed as is knife sheath, the belt showing a portion of an old makers cartouche. Obviously made from old harness or saddle. An overall interesting rig that was purchased from the nephew of the said BJ Colter.
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