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.
The factory letter for the frame serial number ("347486") lists the revolver in .45 caliber with a 5 1/2 inch barrel, blue finish, and rubber grips when it was shipped to Harper & Reynolds Co. in Los Angeles, California, on November 14, 1925. The frame is stamped "S" by the serial number is likely Stembridge Gun Rental and would indicate this was a movie prop gun. It has mixed parts. The back strap ("334437") per the included letter was on a gun that was shipped to Sears, Roebuck & Co. in Chicago, Illinois, on November 22, 1916. The trigger guard ("209340") shipped to Krakauer, Zork & Moye in El Paso, Texas, on May 2, 1901. The back strap is engraved "To JIMMY HOBBS FROM BUCK JONES." Precisely who Jimmy Hobbs was is not clear. Bob Steele played a character by that name in "The Amazing Vagabond" in 1929. "Buck Jones" was the stage name of American actor Charles Frederick Gebhart (1891-1942) who appeared in many early westerns from the end of World War I until 1942 after serving in the U.S. Army in the Philippines and working as a cowboy on the famous 101 Ranch.
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