The factory letter lists the revolver in .38-40 with a 4 3/4 inch barrel, and blue finish when it was part of a shipment of 18 guns of this type shipped on August 15, 1902, to Bering Cortes Hardware Co. in Houston, Texas. The company was formed by Julius C. Bering and H.W. Cortes c. 1885. The revolver has a blade front sight, two-line address, no visible caliber marking, the two-line patent marking followed by a faint encircled Rampant Colt on the left, matching serial numbers, and checkered hard rubber grips with embossed Rampant Colt emblems. The brown leather double loop holster and cartridge belt are not marked.