Manufactured from 1879 to 1887, the Model 320 revolving rifle is one of the rarest Smith & Wesson firearms produced with a total production of 977. These firearms were serial numbered from 1 to 977 and out of the 977 manufactured, 514 had the 18 inch barrel. Only 840 of these were sold in the U.S. and the remaining 137 were exported. This scarce and unusual revolving rifle was sometimes referred to as the Smith & Wesson "Buntline Special" in the combination of a long barreled revolver with attaching shoulder stock. This Model 320 was manufactured using the frame, cylinder and basic action of the New Model No. 3 revolver with some minor differences in the hammer and trigger, with the barrel being made of two pieces. A slot is cut into the butt and a hole drilled in the back strap to accommodate the shoulder stock. The rifle features an 18 inch barrel with a globe front sight with cross hair aperture and two leaf folding rear sight. The rifle is chambered for the 320 Smith & Wesson cartridge. The top of the rib is marked with the two-line address/patent dates. The matching serial number appears on the butt, cylinder and barrel latch. Blue finish with casehardened hammer and trigger guard. The barrel is fitted with a checkered hard rubber red mottled forearm with the S&W monogram on the underside. The grips are matching with S&W monograms in a circle at the tops. The stock is smooth select grade Circassian walnut with blue finished attaching iron, peep sight mounted on the tang and a checkered black hard rubber buttplate with S&W monogram. This lot includes a set of reloading tools in the original two-piece green box featuring the "Directions for Using Smith & Wesson's Revolving Rifle Reloading Tools" label on top of the lid.

Excellent. The revolving rifle retains 97% plus bright original high polished blue finish showing some spots of minor surface rust present (mostly on the cylinder) with the back strap thinning to a brown. The hammer and trigger guard retain 90% original case colors. The forearm and grip panels are also excellent showing a few minor handling marks with overall crisp checkering. Mechanically excellent. The stock is excellent with some scattered minor handling marks and the attaching iron retaining 90% plus original blue finish with some scattered, barely noticeable, dings present on upper left side.