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Lot #6296

Lot 6295: Antique Black Powder Frame Colt Single Action Army Revolver

Antique "Black Powder Frame" Colt Single Action Army Revolver with Factory Letter

Auction Location: Rock Island, IL

Auction Date: February 6, 2021

Lot 6295: Antique Black Powder Frame Colt Single Action Army Revolver

Antique "Black Powder Frame" Colt Single Action Army Revolver with Factory Letter

Auction Location: Rock Island, IL

Auction Date: February 6, 2021

Estimated Price: $1,200 - $1,800
Price Realized:
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Antique "Black Powder Frame" Colt Single Action Army Revolver with Factory Letter

Manufacturer: Colt
Model: Single Action Army
Type: Revolver
Gauge: 38-40 WCF
Barrel: 4 3/4 inch round
Finish: blue/casehardened
Grip: rubber
Stock:
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Item Interest: Average
Serial Number:
Catalog Page: 286
Class: Antique
Rating:

OG - POOR- major or minor parts replaced; major replacement parts required and extensive restoration needed; metal deeply pitted; principal lettering, numerals and design obliterated, wood badly scratched, bruised, cracked or broken; mechanically inoperative; generally undesirable as a collectors firearm in its present state.

Description:

The factory letter lists this revolver in .38-40 with a 4 3/4" barrel and blue finish when shipped in a lot of 15 guns to Simmons Hardware Co. in St. Louis on August 10, 1894. It also notes another listing for the same serial number listing it as a .45 with a 5 1/2" barrel, blue finish, and rubber grips when shipped to C.W. Hackett Hardware Co. in St. Paul, Minnesota, on January 21, 1895.

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