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$17,250.00

*BEAUTIFUL FACTORY ENGRAVED COLT SINGLE ACTION ARMY REVOLVER. Cal. 45 Colt. SN 349148. Late pre-war sgl action with 5-1/2″ bbl, orig thick front sight & 1-line block letter address. Frame has rampant Colt without circle & 2-line patent dates. Serial number is marked properly on right side of front & back straps under grip. Fitted with beautiful replacement pearl grips with a deep relief carved full body buffalo on right side. Frame, cylinder, bbl & backstrap have about Class C factory engraving consisting of about 25% coverage of foliate arabesque patterns with punch dot background. Cylinder has patterns between flutes & a wavy border near back edge. Top of backstrap has a ‘V’ shaped design with an arabesque pattern in center of backstrap. It has another ‘V’ shaped design on bottom of heel with light patterns around trigger guard & front trigger guard screw. Please note: Accompanying this lot is a Colt factory letter stating that this gun originally had hard rubber grips and was shipped to Albert Steinfeld & Co, Tuscon, AZ on July 7, 1926 in a shipment of 1 as factory order 11275/1. CONDITION: Extremely fine. Has been fired but very, very little. Retains virtually all of its orig factory nickel with some light edge wear & a cleaned spot on back strap with a spot or two of very fine pitting. There are also some spots of pitting under left grip. Mechanics are crisp, bright shiny bore with a spot or two of light pitting. 4-57510 JR265 (17,500-27,500)


Auction: Firearms - Spring 2006
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