Lot 2732: Three Digit Colt Model 1905 Pistol with Factory Letter

OF - FAIR- some major parts replaced; minor replacement parts may be required; metal rusted, may be lightly pitted all over, vigorously cleaned; rounded edges of metal and wood; principal lettering, numerals and design on metal partly obliterated; wood scratched, bruised, cracked or repaired where broken; in fair working order or can be easily repaired and placed in working order.

WB - WOOD IS BETTER FOR THE PERCENT OF FINISH RATING GIVEN

The included factory letter lists this pistol as having a 5 inch barrel chambered in .45 caliber with blue finish and stocks not listed when sold to Winchester Repeating Arms Company in New Haven, Connecticut and shipped to Walter Tips of Austin, Texas on June 6, 1906. Tips was hardware store owner in Austin and owner of the Walter Tips House and Walter Tips Building historical sites.