SPECTACULAR TURNBULL RESTORED COLT SINGLE ACTION ARMY REVOLVER.

SPECTACULAR TURNBULL RESTORED COLT SINGLE ACTION ARMY REVOLVER. SN 100312. Cal. 45 Colt. Blue & color case hardened with 4-3/4″ bbl, full front sight and 2-line address. Left side of frame has 3-line patent dates with the caliber marking on left front web of trigger guard. Frame is black powder style and is mounted with spectacular, varnished, 1-pc walnut grip. Screws, trigger & base pin are fire-blued. Accompanied by a fine glass-topped, hinged-lid, red velvet lined cherry casing that consignor states he made especially for this revolver. Also accompanied by a wonderfully framed & matted collage consisting of a Colt factory letter identifying this revolver as found, shipped to Simmons Hardware Co., St. Louis, Missouri on July 1, 1884 in a shipment of fifty same type guns. Also in the collage is a letter on Doug Turnbull restoration letterhead signed by Doug Turnbull specifying all of the work his company did to this revolver. That work consisted of a new bbl & cyl, a new trigger guard & grip, along with a new base pin, screws and other small parts. Mr. Turnbull also states that all the markings on the frame & bbl, along with SN’s were re-stamped & re-rolled to orig specifications. Top half of frame pictures both sides of this revolver in the “before” and “after”. Additionally accompanied by all of the orig parts removed prior to restoration. Buttstrap on the old part is numbered “54145”. Consignor, who is from Wyoming, states that this is an old time Wyoming cowboy gun that he thought worthy of restoration. CONDITION: Extraordinarily fine. Blues are high polished & brilliant with spectacular, brilliant, Colt-style, bone charcoal color case hardening and the fire-blue on screws and other parts is brilliant. Grip is an absolute perfect fit with orig Colt-style varnish finish. Appears to be unfired since being rebuilt. Frame & contents are extremely fine. 4-38235 (4,500-5,500)

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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	2144	$0.00	SPECTACULAR TURNBULL RESTORED COLT SINGLE ACTION ARMY REVOLVER. SN 100312. Cal. 45 Colt. Blue & color case hardened with 4-3/4″ bbl, full front sight and 2-line address. Left side of frame has 3-line patent dates with the caliber marking on left front web of trigger guard. Frame is black powder style and is mounted with spectacular, varnished, 1-pc walnut grip. Screws, trigger & base pin are fire-blued. Accompanied by a fine glass-topped, hinged-lid, red velvet lined cherry casing that consignor states he made especially for this revolver. Also accompanied by a wonderfully framed & matted collage consisting of a Colt factory letter identifying this revolver as found, shipped to Simmons Hardware Co., St. Louis, Missouri on July 1, 1884 in a shipment of fifty same type guns. Also in the collage is a letter on Doug Turnbull restoration letterhead signed by Doug Turnbull specifying all of the work his company did to this revolver. That work consisted of a new bbl & cyl, a new trigger guard & grip, along with a new base pin, screws and other small parts. Mr. Turnbull also states that all the markings on the frame & bbl, along with SN’s were re-stamped & re-rolled to orig specifications. Top half of frame pictures both sides of this revolver in the “before” and “after”. Additionally accompanied by all of the orig parts removed prior to restoration. Buttstrap on the old part is numbered “54145”. Consignor, who is from Wyoming, states that this is an old time Wyoming cowboy gun that he thought worthy of restoration. CONDITION: Extraordinarily fine. Blues are high polished & brilliant with spectacular, brilliant, Colt-style, bone charcoal color case hardening and the fire-blue on screws and other parts is brilliant. Grip is an absolute perfect fit with orig Colt-style varnish finish. Appears to be unfired since being rebuilt. Frame & contents are extremely fine. 4-38235 (4,500-5,500) 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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