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ANTIQUE SMOKELESS FRAME COLT SAA REVOLVER WITH

Currency:USD Category:Firearms & Military Start Price:1,625.00 USD Estimated At:3,250.00 - 5,500.00 USD
ANTIQUE SMOKELESS FRAME COLT SAA REVOLVER WITH
FACTORY LETTER. Cal. 32 WCF. S# 167962. Bbl. 5 1/2". Marked on top "COLT'S PT. F. A. MFG Co HARTFORD CT. U.S.A.". Left side of frame marked w/ 2 line 3 date patent. Case hardened frame & hammer. Blued steel bbl., grip frame & six shot fluted cyl. Fire blued screws & trigger. Black checkered hard rubber grips w/ rampant colt in ovals. UNATTACHED ACCESSORIES: Colt factory letter stating the following "Calibre 32/20 / Barrel length 5 1/2" / Finish Blue / Stocks Not listed / Sold & shipped to E.C. Meacham Arms Company / Address St. Louis, Mo. / Date of shipment Nov. 20, 1896 / Number of same type guns in shipment. 5". CONDITION: grip straps have thinned to gray w/ brown patina. Bbl. & cyl. retain 60% original blue w/ thinning finish, scattered scratches & peppery oxidation. Ejector rod head & corresponding area at underside of bbl. display marrs from improper cyl. rod removal. Frame retains 50% lightly muted case colors; stronger in protected areas w/ scattered peppery oxidation. Mechanically fine. Good bore shows light oxidation w/ strong rifling. (01-24251/BH). ANTIQUE. $3,250-5,500.