*RARE COLT LONG FLUTE DUAL CALIBER SINGLE ACTION ARMY REVOLVER.

*RARE COLT LONG FLUTE DUAL CALIBER SINGLE ACTION ARMY REVOLVER. SN 336462. Cal. 44 Russian & Spcl. Blue & color case hardened with 5-1/2″ bbl, full front sight and 1-line block letter address with caliber marking on left side. Left side of frame has 2-line 3-patent dates and rampant Colt. Mounted with rampant Colt hard rubber grips with last four digits of matching SN scratched inside each grip. SN was observed in the usual places, on the frame, trigger guard & buttstrap with last three digits of SN on rear face of cylinder. Cyl is long flute type of which there were only 1,379 such revolvers produced in the period beginning in 1913 between serial ranges 330001 and 331480. The Colt Company being the frugal entity that they were rarely, if ever, threw any surplus or excess part away. In this instance these long flute cylinders are left over from the Model 1878 production which Colt simply cut outside stop notches and approaches and installed them in single actions until they were all used up. The entire lot of these long flute revolvers was spread over six different calibers with the dual caliber marking quite rare. Accompanied by a Colt factory letter identifying this revolver in caliber 44 Russian with 5-1/2″ bbl, blue finish, type of stocks not listed and shipped to William H. Carvor, address unavailable, on July 19, 1917 in a 1-gun shipment. Also accompanied by a 2-page letter from firearms researcher and appraiser W.R. Powell of Roanoke, Texas. Mr. Powell verifies the pertinent information and further states that this revolver is probably a special order item as it falls outside of the normal range of long flute revolvers. In another paragraph he speculates that the person to whom this revolver was shipped as spelled in the Colt record “Carvor” is actually the world famous trick & exhibition shooter “Will Carver”. He states that the 44 Russian caliber was a favored cartridge for accuracy shooters and in fact another almost identical Colt was shipped to world famous fast draw artist & trick shooter, Ed McGivern. PROVENANCE: Wes Adams Estate Collection. CONDITION: Extremely fine, all matching including cyl & grip, probably unfired. Bbl & ejector housing retain virtually all of their strong orig Colt blue with only a faint halo of wear on left side of muzzle and light wear on tip of ejector rod housing; frame & hammer retain virtually all of their orig case colors, strong & bright in sheltered areas, lightly to moderately faded elsewhere; grip frame retains virtually all of its orig blue with some light thinning at heel and dulling on frontstrap; cyl retains about 90% orig blue with numerous light scratches on outer diameter with brilliant blue in the flutes; grips are crisp with faint diamond point wear. Mechanics are crisp, brilliant shiny bore; chambers of cyl & bore retain about all of their orig factory blue. This revolver has seen substantially more handling than use. 4-44721 JR221 (2,000-7,000)

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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	2183	$9,200.00	RARE COLT LONG FLUTE DUAL CALIBER SINGLE ACTION ARMY REVOLVER. SN 336462. Cal. 44 Russian & Spcl. Blue & color case hardened with 5-1/2″ bbl, full front sight and 1-line block letter address with caliber marking on left side. Left side of frame has 2-line 3-patent dates and rampant Colt. Mounted with rampant Colt hard rubber grips with last four digits of matching SN scratched inside each grip. SN was observed in the usual places, on the frame, trigger guard & buttstrap with last three digits of SN on rear face of cylinder. Cyl is long flute type of which there were only 1,379 such revolvers produced in the period beginning in 1913 between serial ranges 330001 and 331480. The Colt Company being the frugal entity that they were rarely, if ever, threw any surplus or excess part away. In this instance these long flute cylinders are left over from the Model 1878 production which Colt simply cut outside stop notches and approaches and installed them in single actions until they were all used up. The entire lot of these long flute revolvers was spread over six different calibers with the dual caliber marking quite rare. Accompanied by a Colt factory letter identifying this revolver in caliber 44 Russian with 5-1/2″ bbl, blue finish, type of stocks not listed and shipped to William H. Carvor, address unavailable, on July 19, 1917 in a 1-gun shipment. Also accompanied by a 2-page letter from firearms researcher and appraiser W.R. Powell of Roanoke, Texas. Mr. Powell verifies the pertinent information and further states that this revolver is probably a special order item as it falls outside of the normal range of long flute revolvers. In another paragraph he speculates that the person to whom this revolver was shipped as spelled in the Colt record “Carvor” is actually the world famous trick & exhibition shooter “Will Carver”. He states that the 44 Russian caliber was a favored cartridge for accuracy shooters and in fact another almost identical Colt was shipped to world famous fast draw artist & trick shooter, Ed McGivern. PROVENANCE: Wes Adams Estate Collection. CONDITION: Extremely fine, all matching including cyl & grip, probably unfired. Bbl & ejector housing retain virtually all of their strong orig Colt blue with only a faint halo of wear on left side of muzzle and light wear on tip of ejector rod housing; frame & hammer retain virtually all of their orig case colors, strong & bright in sheltered areas, lightly to moderately faded elsewhere; grip frame retains virtually all of its orig blue with some light thinning at heel and dulling on frontstrap; cyl retains about 90% orig blue with numerous light scratches on outer diameter with brilliant blue in the flutes; grips are crisp with faint diamond point wear. Mechanics are crisp, brilliant shiny bore; chambers of cyl & bore retain about all of their orig factory blue. This revolver has seen substantially more handling than use. 4-44721 JR221 (2,000-7,000) 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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