The included factory letter confirms the 4 inch barrel with standard markings, blue finish, checkered wraparound grips with gold plated Rampant Colt medallions, Rampant Colt with V motif marked on the left side plate, cylinder safety disk and "wood grain" box. The revolver was a sample and display piece kept by the Colt factory. Records indicate that the revolver was delivered to the factory archives and signed for by J. Mladek on 13 October 1982, and the revolver was released from the factory inventory in 2008. The box is numbered to the gun.