GUN SPRING 2016
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 3/14/2016
FIRST GENERATION COLT SINGLE ACTION ARMY REVOLVER. COLT SAA 346923 45 COLT MODERN; C&R; IVORY Cal. 45 Colt. Nickel finish with 4-3/4" bbl, full front sight & 2-line address with Cal. marking on left side. Left side of frame has 2-line 3-patent dates and Rampant Colt without circle. SN is found on the frame and right sides of the front and backstraps under the grip. Rear face of cyl is marked with last 2 digits of matching SN. Mounted with Colt Silver Medallion factory 2-pc, smooth ivory grips. Accompanied by a Colt factory letter which identifies this revolver in Cal. 45 Colt with 4-3/4" bbl, nickel finish, ivory grips and sold to Costephens Hardware Co., shipped to Simmons Hardware Co, St. Louis, MO on Sept 24, 1925, factory order #10422/1 in a 1-gun shipment. Many of the sidearms of this era saw very hard use especially in the Western part of the United States and are rarely found today with high orig finish. PROVENANCE: The Brad Shepard Collection. CONDITION: Very fine to extremely fine, all matching including cyl, grips are unnumbered. Overall retains 97-98% strong orig nickel with only very light holster wear on left side of muzzle and tip of ejector tube. Grips have a few age lines, otherwise are sound with a wonderful, mellow ivory patina. Mechanics are crisp, bright shiny bore. 50061-27 JR196 (8,000-12,000)