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Very Fine Fruitland New Mexico Ordered Colt Single Action Army Revolver

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Very Fine Fruitland New Mexico Ordered Colt Single Action Army Revolver
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serial #336858, 32-20, 4 3/4" barrel with a very good plus bore. This revolver remains in wonderful original condition and is finished in nickel and wears a set of factory steerhead carved mother-of-pearl grips. The barrel shows proper two-line address and the revolver shows all matching numbers with all markings remaining clear and crisp. The metal surfaces of this 1918-shipped revolver retain 98% original nickel-plated finish with only noticeable loss being a bit of muzzle wear on the left side of the muzzle and leading edge of the ejector rod housing. The revolver wears a pair of steerhead carved mother-of-pearl grips with silver Colt medallions which rate excellent with a small chip from the heel of the left grip and from the toe of the right. The grips fit beautifully, show proper age and appear original but the included factory letter lists the guns shipping with carved mother-of-pearl grips with eagle motif. The revolver cycles and locks up properly, appearing to be in excellent mechanical condition. This revolver comes with a factory letter showing it was sold to Fruitland Trading Company in Fruitland, New Mexico which is an unincorporated community in the Northwest corner of New Mexico at the edge of New Mexico and Arizona's Navajo Nation. The gun was shipped to George Tritch Hardware in Denver, CO on behalf of Fruitland Trading and was part of a two-gun shipment on January 31, 1918. Fruitland Trading Company was founded in 1886 by Hambleton B. Noel and remained in operation at the same location until 1999. At the time this revolver was ordered the Fruitland Trading was owned by Eli Cline who had previously owned a bakery in nearby Farmington which had unfortunately burned. The Navajos would refer to him as "Burnt Bread" and his trading post as "Burnt Bread Trading Post". An unusually high condition New Mexico Colt Single Action Army Revolver with an interesting shipping destination. (1D11523-102) {C&R} [Jim Thrash Collection] (5,000/10,000)