Presented here is the lowest serial number Colt Single Action Army Revolver RIAC has ever offered for at auction; Serial number 2. The very first SAA, serial number 1, is currently part of a private collection and reportedly unavailable at any price. Manufactured in 1873 as the second production Colt SAA revolver to come off the factory line, serial number 2 has the rare and extremely desirable "pinched frame" rear sight found only on civilian Single Action Army revolvers below serial number 200 and government test model revolvers. The single digit serial number is stamped on the frame, trigger guard, back strap, cylinder, and barrel. The top of the period shortened barrel has the correct italic one-line Hartford address. The left side of the frame has the two-line, two patent dates marking. The ejector rod has the early "bullseye" head. The loading gate correctly lacks an assembly number. The revolver has a nickel finish and is fitted with a grip featuring a relief carved steer head and a "No 2" inscribed silver oval inlay on the right side. The steer head has jeweled eyes and silver horns. The accompanying factory lists this revolver in .45 caliber, blue finish, and barrel length and type of stocks not listed when shipped to Wexell & Degress (address not given but Wexell & Degress had dealer locations in New York City, New York and Mexico City, Mexico) on October 1, 1877 as part of a 30 gun shipment. The revolver is pictured in R.L. Wilson's "The Book of Colt Firearms" on page 238 and was once part of the famed Robert Sutherland collection.