L. E. Tucker "Texas" Navy

[Ephraim Kibbey]

A third Tucker Confederate Navy seems to have been found:
https://www.proxibid.com/Firearms-M...ion-Revolver/lotInformation/55593282#topoflot

 

[arcticap]

The Italians should buy it and make a reproduction of it.

 

[1KPerDay]

That’s handsome.

 

[Heir Kommt Die Sonne]

Would make a interesting build, so they sell the rounded confederate type barrels ?

 

[expat_alaska]

Would make a interesting build, so they sell the rounded confederate type barrels ?

Pietta makes one for their Griswold & Gunnison .36 revolver; Uberti makes one for their Leech & Rigdon .36 revolver.

A third Tucker Confederate Navy seems to have been found:
https://www.proxibid.com/Firearms-M...ion-Revolver/lotInformation/55593282#topoflot

Thanks for the post EK!

I know RIA is a very reputable auction house, and Ian McCollum (Forgotten Weapons) regularly reviews revolvers that RIA has for auction, but I have some reservations about this one.

It is supposedly SN 1 (possibly a prototype), which is the first red flag for me as the "1" is only found on the load lever and nowhere else on the revolver. It has a barrel-mounted rear sight, unlike the other two specimens (SN's 59/52 and 79/72). The top of the barrel shroud is not marked "L. E. TUCKER & SONS" like the other two revolvers. It does have the load aperture on the right side of the barrel lug like the other two revolvers, but Tucker (when DBA Tucker, Sherrard, and Co.) never had a load aperture, and for SN 1 to have incorporated this is, to me, a stretch. The biggest plus is that the barrel has 6 lands and grooves.

This is a better look from the RIA site as it contains more info:

https://www.rockislandauction.com/detail/80/1149/confederate-le-tucker-navy-percussion-revolver

I have both books cited by RIA [Confederate Handguns (Albaugh, et al) and Confederate Revolvers (Gary)] and there are conflicting stories in both concerning the SN's of the other two revolvers.

On a related note:

The next one is a L.E. Tucker & Sons Dragoon .44 from a couple of years ago which I believe to be completely spurious. I know first-hand who the seller was/is and if you say anything negative about him or his wares he threatens to sue for slander. Neither L.E. Tucker nor Tucker, Sherrard, & Co. made Dragoons:

https://www.gunsinternational.com/g...quot---dragoon---44-cal-.cfm?gun_id=101232443

It sold for $2,200 to some sucker from a Michigan auction house.

https://www.proxibid.com/Firearms-M...-MODEL-44CAL-REVOLVER/lotInformation/46396060

In closing, RIA offers no provenance for their revolver (it just recently appeared "out of the blue"). Provenance is the key to validity, IMO.

Again, thanks for posting this!

Regards,

Jim

 

[expat_alaska]

Would make a interesting build, so they sell the rounded confederate type barrels ?

As I don't want to hijack this thread, I will start another concerning this subject.

Regards,

Jim

 

[Ephraim Kibbey]

Jim, feel free to hijack my threads any time!