December 6-8, 2023 Firearms & Militaria
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 12/6/2023
Manufactured in 1880 with 7 - 1/2" barrel chambered in .45 Colt with blade front sight, single line barrel address, blade front sight, and frame notch rear sight. Nickel finish. Mounted with factory checkered ivory grips. Factory engraved with scroll on a punchdot background with accenting wrigglework, star bursts, and crosshatching in Helfricht's style. Accompanied by a factory letter confirming configuration as well as shipment to Simmons Hardware Company in St. Louis, Missouri on November 7, 1880, in a shipment of 2 guns of the same type. CONDITION: Very good as restored, with nearly all of the added nickel plating remaining. Grips are very good with well-defined checkering. Cylinder has been renumbered to match. Mechanically tight and crisp. Bore is dark with visible rifling.