COLT BLACK POWDER FRAME SINGLE ACTION ARMY REVOLVER.

COLT BLACK POWDER FRAME SINGLE ACTION ARMY REVOLVER. SN 156779. Cal. 38 WCF (38-40). Blue & color case hardened with 4-3/4″ bbl, full front sight and 2-line address with caliber marking on left side. There is a tiny “41” on bottom of bbl, under base pin. Left side of frame has 2-line 3-patent dates and rampant Colt in a circle. Mounted with rampant Colt hard rubber grips with last four digits of matching SN scratched inside each grip. Accompanied by a Colt factory letter identifying this revolver, as found, in caliber 38-40 with 4-3/4″ bbl, blue finish, type of stocks not listed and shipped to Simmons Hardware Co., St. Louis, Missouri, on June 2, 1894 in a 30-gun shipment. Simmons Hardware was a major supplier to the western trade and provided merchandise to dealers and merchants throughout the Rocky Mountain West as well as to individuals heading west. PROVENANCE: West Adams Estate Collection. CONDITION: Fine to very fine, all matching except cyl which is properly unnumbered. Bbl retains 88-90% strong orig blue with holster wear around muzzle and some light thinning elsewhere; ejector rod housing retains about 65% strong orig blue, mostly in gullets with the outer radius a thin silver blue patina; frame retains about 70% orig case colors somewhat stronger in sheltered areas, turned silver elsewhere; hammer retains bright case colors on sides and rear edge with top edge turned silver; trigger guard & back strap retain dark blue in sheltered areas with the front & backstraps a gray patina; cyl retains 50-60% orig blue, thin on outer diameter, strong in the flutes; grips are sound with light diamond point wear and a couple of mashed diamonds. Hammer is not solid in safety notch, otherwise mechanics are fine; strong bright bore with scattered pitting. 4-44703 JR219 (3,000-5,000)

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.

Image	Lot	Price	Description
	2186	$6,900.00	COLT BLACK POWDER FRAME SINGLE ACTION ARMY REVOLVER. SN 156779. Cal. 38 WCF (38-40). Blue & color case hardened with 4-3/4″ bbl, full front sight and 2-line address with caliber marking on left side. There is a tiny “41” on bottom of bbl, under base pin. Left side of frame has 2-line 3-patent dates and rampant Colt in a circle. Mounted with rampant Colt hard rubber grips with last four digits of matching SN scratched inside each grip. Accompanied by a Colt factory letter identifying this revolver, as found, in caliber 38-40 with 4-3/4″ bbl, blue finish, type of stocks not listed and shipped to Simmons Hardware Co., St. Louis, Missouri, on June 2, 1894 in a 30-gun shipment. Simmons Hardware was a major supplier to the western trade and provided merchandise to dealers and merchants throughout the Rocky Mountain West as well as to individuals heading west. PROVENANCE: West Adams Estate Collection. CONDITION: Fine to very fine, all matching except cyl which is properly unnumbered. Bbl retains 88-90% strong orig blue with holster wear around muzzle and some light thinning elsewhere; ejector rod housing retains about 65% strong orig blue, mostly in gullets with the outer radius a thin silver blue patina; frame retains about 70% orig case colors somewhat stronger in sheltered areas, turned silver elsewhere; hammer retains bright case colors on sides and rear edge with top edge turned silver; trigger guard & back strap retain dark blue in sheltered areas with the front & backstraps a gray patina; cyl retains 50-60% orig blue, thin on outer diameter, strong in the flutes; grips are sound with light diamond point wear and a couple of mashed diamonds. Hammer is not solid in safety notch, otherwise mechanics are fine; strong bright bore with scattered pitting. 4-44703 JR219 (3,000-5,000) 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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