ENGRAVED COLT SINGLE ACTION ARMY REVOLVER.

ENGRAVED COLT SINGLE ACTION ARMY REVOLVER. SN 44389. Cal. 45 Colt. Usual configuration with 7-1/2″ bbl, slightly altered front sight and 1-line block letter address. Left side of frame has 3-line patent dates with the caliber on the left front web of the trigger guard. Mounted with 1-pc replacement walnut grip and replacement hammer spring. Revolver is engraved in New York style, probably from the Nimschke shop with full coverage foliate arabesque patterns with punch dot background on the frame. Cylinder pin boss & ejector rod boss on front center of the frame are engraved with hunter stars. It has feather patterns over the top strap with the bbl, backstrap & buttstrap engraved to match the frame. Cylinder is engraved with alternating foliate arabesque patterns and sunbursts on the lands between the flutes with a snake & dot pattern around rear edge. Ejector rod housing has foliate arabesque patterns on the outer radius with snake & dot pattern in the top gullet. Ejector rod housing is 3rd type with bull’s eye ejector rod head. Last four digits of the SN is on bottom of bbl under ejector rod housing and on the cylinder with the full SN in the usual three positions on the bottom of frame, trigger guard & butstrap. Accompanied by a Colt factory letter identifying this revolver in 45 caliber with bbl length & type of stocks not listed with blue finish shipped to E.C. Meachum Arms & Co., St. Louis, MO on Feb. 7, 1880 in a shipment of 50 same type guns. There is no mention of the engraving indicating that this revolver was subsequently shipped to New York for engraving. CONDITION: Very good, all matching except grip as noted above. No orig finish remains being an overall smooth gray metal patina. Grip is sound and retains a worn oil patina. Several of the screws are battered. Mechanics are crisp, bright shiny bore. 4-38300 JR179 (6,000-10,000)

Auction: Firearms - Fall 2009

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.

Image	Lot	Price	Description
	2185	$5,750.00	ENGRAVED COLT SINGLE ACTION ARMY REVOLVER. SN 44389. Cal. 45 Colt. Usual configuration with 7-1/2″ bbl, slightly altered front sight and 1-line block letter address. Left side of frame has 3-line patent dates with the caliber on the left front web of the trigger guard. Mounted with 1-pc replacement walnut grip and replacement hammer spring. Revolver is engraved in New York style, probably from the Nimschke shop with full coverage foliate arabesque patterns with punch dot background on the frame. Cylinder pin boss & ejector rod boss on front center of the frame are engraved with hunter stars. It has feather patterns over the top strap with the bbl, backstrap & buttstrap engraved to match the frame. Cylinder is engraved with alternating foliate arabesque patterns and sunbursts on the lands between the flutes with a snake & dot pattern around rear edge. Ejector rod housing has foliate arabesque patterns on the outer radius with snake & dot pattern in the top gullet. Ejector rod housing is 3rd type with bull’s eye ejector rod head. Last four digits of the SN is on bottom of bbl under ejector rod housing and on the cylinder with the full SN in the usual three positions on the bottom of frame, trigger guard & butstrap. Accompanied by a Colt factory letter identifying this revolver in 45 caliber with bbl length & type of stocks not listed with blue finish shipped to E.C. Meachum Arms & Co., St. Louis, MO on Feb. 7, 1880 in a shipment of 50 same type guns. There is no mention of the engraving indicating that this revolver was subsequently shipped to New York for engraving. CONDITION: Very good, all matching except grip as noted above. No orig finish remains being an overall smooth gray metal patina. Grip is sound and retains a worn oil patina. Several of the screws are battered. Mechanics are crisp, bright shiny bore. 4-38300 JR179 (6,000-10,000) Auction: Firearms - Fall 2009 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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