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Rock Island Auction Company Proudly Presents This Iconic & Well-Documented Pair of Gustave Young Factory "Panel Scene" Engraved Black Powder Colt Single Actions Including the First Documented Factory Engraved Colt Single Action
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Phenomenal and Iconic Well-Documented Cased Pair Gustave Young Factory “Panel Scene” Exhibition Engraved Antique Black Powder Colt Single Action Army Revolvers with Special Order Grips -A) Colt Single Action Army Revolver with Factory Letter - Serial no. 38673, 45 Long Colt cal., 7 1/2 inch round bbl., nickel finish, antique ivory grips. The Colt Single Action Army was one of the most popular handguns
n late 19th century and is easily the most iconic and most horoughly associated with the American West. Despite this
popularity and the large number of Colts engraved during the preceding percussion era, reportedly only an estimated 1,000- 1,500 Colt Single Action Army Revolvers were factory engraved of the 357,859 1st Generation Single Actions produced between 1873 and 1941. The first revolver, gun “A” (serial number 38673)
n this set is documented in “The Official Record of the Colt Single Action Army Revolver: 1875-1895” by Don and Carol Wilkerson and Kathleen Hoyt on page 67 as the first engraved Colt Single Action Army Revolver listed in the factory records. Both the book and the factory letter indicates it was shipped to
amous Colt dealer Benjamin Kittredge & Co. of Cincinnati, Ohio, n .45 caliber with a nickel plated finish, factory engraving and vory stock/grip on July 30, 1877. It was the sole gun of its type n the shipment. The book also notes that Kittredge ordered 160
of the 178 ivory stocked Single Actions manufactured that year.
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