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1148
$2,587.50

*FINE ENGRAVED & GOLD INLAID COLT NEW SERVICE DA REVOLVER. SN 332204. Cal. 45 Colt. Blue finish with 7-1/2″ bbl, full front sight with gold inlaid bead and fixed groove rear sight in top strap. Left side of bbl is inlaid in gold “NEW SERVICE 45 COLT” and is mounted with faux pearl grips with gold Colt medallions. Revolver is engraved with about 40% coverage fine foliate arabesque patterns with very fine stippled background. Sideplate is inlaid with a small, flat gold rampant Colt. Both sides of frame have a gold wire inlay completely around cylinder opening. Cylinder has gold wire inlay around flutes and front edges of the lands between the flutes and has a gold wire band back of the flutes. Bbl has a wide and a narrow gold wire band inlay around the muzzle and also at the chamber end. The narrow gold wire band at the chamber end extends over the top of the bbl, around the address and terminates in a geometric pattern. Heel of back strap, butt strap & trigger bow have gold wire inlaid geometric patterns. Buttstrap has a factory lanyard loop. Right side of frame, below the cylinder opening, is engraved “Glimm Engr.” Jerome Glimm, Conrad, MT, is a self taught engraver who has been working full time since 1987. CONDITION: Extremely fine. Retains about all of its deep custom blue, does not appear to have been fired since engraving. Grips are extremely fine. Mechanics are crisp, bright shiny bore. 4-39270 JR286 (2,000-3,000)


Auction: Firearms - Spring 2010
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