EXTRAORDINARY PRESENTATION COLT MODEL 1877 LIGHTNING DA SHERIFF’S MODEL REVOLVER.

EXTRAORDINARY PRESENTATION COLT MODEL 1877 LIGHTNING DA SHERIFF’S MODEL REVOLVER. SN 13022. Cal. 38 Colt. Rare Colt Lightning with 3-1/2″ bbl, without ejector, half moon front sight and 2-line address with sharp etched panel “COLT D.A. 38” on left side. Left side of frame has 3-line patent dates with caliber marking on left rear web of trigger guard. Mounted with rampant Colt hard rubber grips, matching numbered to this revolver. Screws, trigger, base pin & edges of hammer are fire blued. Sides of hammer are polished bright. Backstrap is engraved in period script “H.F. Bennett / with compliments of / L.B. & S.P. Colt / Jan’y 1st 1879”. L.B. and S.P. Colt were brothers, the nephews of the firearms inventor, Samuel Colt and stockholders in Colt’s Pt. F.A. Mfg. Co. LeBaron Bradford Colt was a Senator from Rhode Island and a judge. Samuel Pomeroy Colt was an industrialist and politician, also from Rhode Island. H.F. Bennett was a friend of LB & SP Colt. This exact revolver is pictured in R.L. Wilsons “Colt Engraving Book”, pg 453 and as described by Wilson as “documented as shipped to Samuel P. Colt, December 31st 1878 and presented on January 1, 1879. Appears to be first presented from the exclusive group ordered over the years by the brothers LeBaron B. & Samuel P. Colt”. CONDITION: Extremely fine plus, all matching including cyl & grips, appears to be unfired. Overall retains virtually all of its crisp orig nickel with minor losses on left side of muzzle around front sight; cyl appears to be unfired; etched panel is crisp and the blued parts retain virtually all of their crisp, brilliant fire blue; grips are crisp with no discernible flaws. Mechanics are crisp, brilliant shiny bore. 4-45085 (18,000-22,000)

Auction: Firearms - Spring 2012

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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	2287	$18,400.00	EXTRAORDINARY PRESENTATION COLT MODEL 1877 LIGHTNING DA SHERIFF’S MODEL REVOLVER. SN 13022. Cal. 38 Colt. Rare Colt Lightning with 3-1/2″ bbl, without ejector, half moon front sight and 2-line address with sharp etched panel “COLT D.A. 38” on left side. Left side of frame has 3-line patent dates with caliber marking on left rear web of trigger guard. Mounted with rampant Colt hard rubber grips, matching numbered to this revolver. Screws, trigger, base pin & edges of hammer are fire blued. Sides of hammer are polished bright. Backstrap is engraved in period script “H.F. Bennett / with compliments of / L.B. & S.P. Colt / Jan’y 1st 1879”. L.B. and S.P. Colt were brothers, the nephews of the firearms inventor, Samuel Colt and stockholders in Colt’s Pt. F.A. Mfg. Co. LeBaron Bradford Colt was a Senator from Rhode Island and a judge. Samuel Pomeroy Colt was an industrialist and politician, also from Rhode Island. H.F. Bennett was a friend of LB & SP Colt. This exact revolver is pictured in R.L. Wilsons “Colt Engraving Book”, pg 453 and as described by Wilson as “documented as shipped to Samuel P. Colt, December 31st 1878 and presented on January 1, 1879. Appears to be first presented from the exclusive group ordered over the years by the brothers LeBaron B. & Samuel P. Colt”. CONDITION: Extremely fine plus, all matching including cyl & grips, appears to be unfired. Overall retains virtually all of its crisp orig nickel with minor losses on left side of muzzle around front sight; cyl appears to be unfired; etched panel is crisp and the blued parts retain virtually all of their crisp, brilliant fire blue; grips are crisp with no discernible flaws. Mechanics are crisp, brilliant shiny bore. 4-45085 (18,000-22,000) Auction: Firearms - Spring 2012 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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