FINE BLACK POWDER COLT FRONTIER SIX SHOOTER SINGLE ACTION ARMY REVOLVER.

FINE BLACK POWDER COLT FRONTIER SIX SHOOTER SINGLE ACTION ARMY REVOLVER. SN 163700. Cal. 44 WCF (44-40). Blue & color case hardened with 4-3/4″ bbl, full front sight and 2-line address with left side of bbl roll marked “COLT FRONTIER SIX SHOOTER”. There is a tiny “V” and “44” stamped on bottom of bbl, under base pin. Frame is black powder style with screw retained base pin. The transverse pin had been introduced in 1892, three years before this revolver was produced, and was made standard in 1896. Left side of frame has 2-line, 3-patent dates and rampant Colt in a circle. Mounted with rampant Colt hard rubber grips numbered to this revolver. According to consignor’s family legend, this revolver and another from the same shipment being offered in this auction (SN 163624) were given to him by his father, V.I. McDonald, who had purchased them from a Missoula, Montana collector, Jack Weidenfeller, in about 1970. Weidenfeller apparently told the elder McDonald that he had purchased both revolvers from someone in Glasgow, Montana with the history that they had been used as “security arms” in the First National Bank of Glasgow. He also included that the First National Bank of Glasgow originated in 1871 and is currently known as The First Community Bank of Glasgow. Accompanied by a Colt factory letter identifying this revolver, as found, in caliber 44-40 with 4-3/4″ bbl, blue finish, type of stocks not listed and shipped to the C.W. Hackett Hardware Co., St. Paul, MN on Dec. 13, 1895 in a shipment of three same type revolvers. CONDITION: Exceptionally fine plus. Near perfect new, all matching and appears to be unfired. Bbl retains 98-99% strong glossy orig blue with only a tiny wear spots on left edge at muzzle and tip of ejector rod housing. Frame & hammer retain about all of their brilliant orig factory case colors, slightly faded on top strap & top edge of hammer. Cyl retains 96-97% glossy orig blue with a few lightly thinned spots on outer diameter, probably from sliding in a drawer. Overall appears to be new & unfired. Grip frame retains about all of its orig factory blue, slightly thinned on front & back straps. Grips are crisp, showing little or no wear with left side turned chocolate. Hammer is not solid in safety notch, otherwise mechanics are crisp, brilliant new bore. An astounding find with good Western history. 4-40053 JR95 (20,000-25,000)

Auction: Firearms - Fall 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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	2156	$31,050.00	FINE BLACK POWDER COLT FRONTIER SIX SHOOTER SINGLE ACTION ARMY REVOLVER. SN 163700. Cal. 44 WCF (44-40). Blue & color case hardened with 4-3/4″ bbl, full front sight and 2-line address with left side of bbl roll marked “COLT FRONTIER SIX SHOOTER”. There is a tiny “V” and “44” stamped on bottom of bbl, under base pin. Frame is black powder style with screw retained base pin. The transverse pin had been introduced in 1892, three years before this revolver was produced, and was made standard in 1896. Left side of frame has 2-line, 3-patent dates and rampant Colt in a circle. Mounted with rampant Colt hard rubber grips numbered to this revolver. According to consignor’s family legend, this revolver and another from the same shipment being offered in this auction (SN 163624) were given to him by his father, V.I. McDonald, who had purchased them from a Missoula, Montana collector, Jack Weidenfeller, in about 1970. Weidenfeller apparently told the elder McDonald that he had purchased both revolvers from someone in Glasgow, Montana with the history that they had been used as “security arms” in the First National Bank of Glasgow. He also included that the First National Bank of Glasgow originated in 1871 and is currently known as The First Community Bank of Glasgow. Accompanied by a Colt factory letter identifying this revolver, as found, in caliber 44-40 with 4-3/4″ bbl, blue finish, type of stocks not listed and shipped to the C.W. Hackett Hardware Co., St. Paul, MN on Dec. 13, 1895 in a shipment of three same type revolvers. CONDITION: Exceptionally fine plus. Near perfect new, all matching and appears to be unfired. Bbl retains 98-99% strong glossy orig blue with only a tiny wear spots on left edge at muzzle and tip of ejector rod housing. Frame & hammer retain about all of their brilliant orig factory case colors, slightly faded on top strap & top edge of hammer. Cyl retains 96-97% glossy orig blue with a few lightly thinned spots on outer diameter, probably from sliding in a drawer. Overall appears to be new & unfired. Grip frame retains about all of its orig factory blue, slightly thinned on front & back straps. Grips are crisp, showing little or no wear with left side turned chocolate. Hammer is not solid in safety notch, otherwise mechanics are crisp, brilliant new bore. An astounding find with good Western history. 4-40053 JR95 (20,000-25,000) Auction: Firearms - Fall 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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