Here is one you definitely do not come across very often: a Colt Bisley Model with a factory documented 3 1/2 inch barrel and in ejectorless "Sheriff's Model" configuration. As noted on page 142 of the 30th Anniversary Edition of "A Study of the Colt Single Action Army Revolver," "Still rarer than factory engraved Bisleys are the smoothbores and Sheriff's Models... As of this updated revision, there are now nine known original, ejectorless, short barreled Bisley Model revolvers." When the book was first published in 1976, the authors had yet to encounter an original Sheriff’s Model Bisley. They wrote on page 76: "We will now review one of the rarest classifications of the ejectorless single actions, the short barreled Bisley Model…The opportunity to examine an original ejectorless Bisley Model has never been afforded". On page 265 of “The Book of Colt Firearms,” Colt historian and author R.L. Wilson asserted, “Less than a dozen Sheriff’s Models were made” out of a total production of the Bisley Model standing around 44,350. The factory letter confirms the revolver was in .32/20 with a 3 1/2 inch barrel, and blue finish and indicates this revolver was the sole gun of this type in a shipment on August 9, 1899, to well-known firearms dealer E.K. Tryon, Jr. & Co. of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Provenance: The Charles Marx Collection

Very good with traces of original finish, modified front sight, scattered mild pitting, and general moderate wear you would expect from a gun that likely saw many years of service as a trusty sidearm. The grips are also very good and have distinct but moderately hand-worn checkering, aged tones, and some edge wear. Mechanically fine.