*SCARCE ENGRAVED & GOLD INLAID COLT TEXAS GUN COLLECTORS ASSOCIATION SPECIAL EDITION SINGLE ACTION ARMY REVOLVER.

*SCARCE ENGRAVED & GOLD INLAID COLT TEXAS GUN COLLECTORS ASSOCIATION SPECIAL EDITION SINGLE ACTION ARMY REVOLVER. SN SA73010. Cal. 45 Colt. Blue & color case hardened with 7-1/2″ bbl, 1-line script address with serifs at each end. Left side of frame has 2-line patent dates with caliber marking on left shoulder of trigger guard. Frame is black powder style with screw retainer for the base pin. Mounted with beautiful 1-pc ivory grip with the left side having a raised carved longhorn steer head over the 5-point Texas Lone Star. Receiver has style B engraving on frame and style A engraving on bbl & cylinder, consisting of 25-35% coverage foliate arabesque patterns with a sunburst and foliate patterns on the recoil shield and loading gate. Cylinder has matching foliate arabesque patterns on lands between the flutes with a wide inlaid gold band at rear edge. Bbl has a wide inlaid gold band at frame end with a narrow gold band around the muzzle. Top of back strap is inlaid in gold with the 5-point Texas star engraved “TEXAS”. Back strap is engraved in script “Texas Gun Collectors Assn.” Butt strap is engraved “10 of 30”. Ejector rod head is early donut style and base pin is dimpled on each end. Ejector rod housing has an engraved hunter’s star in center with sunbursts at each end and trigger bow has an engraved hunter’s star on bottom. Accompanied by a Colt factory letter identifying this revolver as found, shipped to McBride’s Guns, Inc., Austin, Texas, Attn: Joe McBride, on March 26, 1987. The production of these limited edition single actions coincided with the 150th anniversary of Colt Firearms and the 150th year of Texas’ independence. Additionally accompanied by the orig inspection certificate signed by noted Colt historian and author, R.L. Wilson. Also accompanied by its orig brown suede lined oak casing with laser etched long horn steer head and 5-point star on lid. Case is French fitted in bottom for revolver and has a gold plated brass plaque in the front inscribed “Presented to the / Texas Gun Collectors Association” which surmounts a long-horn steer head and 5-point star which in turn surmounts ” 10 of 30″. Finally accompanied by its orig Styrofoam lined burgundy 1-pc custom shop cardboard box with custom shop label and owner’s manual. Case also includes its orig functioning key PROVENANCE: Dr. Robert A. Bettis Collection. CONDITION: New & unfired. Case is equally new. 4-39323 JR170 (4,000-7,000)

Auction: Firearms - Spring 2010

Please Note: All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

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	2154	$5,750.00	SCARCE ENGRAVED & GOLD INLAID COLT TEXAS GUN COLLECTORS ASSOCIATION SPECIAL EDITION SINGLE ACTION ARMY REVOLVER. SN SA73010. Cal. 45 Colt. Blue & color case hardened with 7-1/2″ bbl, 1-line script address with serifs at each end. Left side of frame has 2-line patent dates with caliber marking on left shoulder of trigger guard. Frame is black powder style with screw retainer for the base pin. Mounted with beautiful 1-pc ivory grip with the left side having a raised carved longhorn steer head over the 5-point Texas Lone Star. Receiver has style B engraving on frame and style A engraving on bbl & cylinder, consisting of 25-35% coverage foliate arabesque patterns with a sunburst and foliate patterns on the recoil shield and loading gate. Cylinder has matching foliate arabesque patterns on lands between the flutes with a wide inlaid gold band at rear edge. Bbl has a wide inlaid gold band at frame end with a narrow gold band around the muzzle. Top of back strap is inlaid in gold with the 5-point Texas star engraved “TEXAS”. Back strap is engraved in script “Texas Gun Collectors Assn.” Butt strap is engraved “10 of 30”. Ejector rod head is early donut style and base pin is dimpled on each end. Ejector rod housing has an engraved hunter’s star in center with sunbursts at each end and trigger bow has an engraved hunter’s star on bottom. Accompanied by a Colt factory letter identifying this revolver as found, shipped to McBride’s Guns, Inc., Austin, Texas, Attn: Joe McBride, on March 26, 1987. The production of these limited edition single actions coincided with the 150th anniversary of Colt Firearms and the 150th year of Texas’ independence. Additionally accompanied by the orig inspection certificate signed by noted Colt historian and author, R.L. Wilson. Also accompanied by its orig brown suede lined oak casing with laser etched long horn steer head and 5-point star on lid. Case is French fitted in bottom for revolver and has a gold plated brass plaque in the front inscribed “Presented to the / Texas Gun Collectors Association” which surmounts a long-horn steer head and 5-point star which in turn surmounts ” 10 of 30″. Finally accompanied by its orig Styrofoam lined burgundy 1-pc custom shop cardboard box with custom shop label and owner’s manual. Case also includes its orig functioning key PROVENANCE: Dr. Robert A. Bettis Collection. CONDITION: New & unfired. Case is equally new. 4-39323 JR170 (4,000-7,000) Auction: Firearms - Spring 2010 Please Note:* All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

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