GUN SPRING 2016
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 3/14/2016
BEAUTIFUL FACTORY ENGRAVED COLT WYATT EARP COMMEMORATIVE BUNTLINE SPECIAL SINGLE ACTION ARMY REVOLVER. COLT CUSTOM WYATT EARP COMMERATIVE 369WYE 45 COLT MODERN Cal. 45 Colt. Blue and color case hardened with 16" bbl, full front sight and block letter address with model and cal marking on left side. Top strap has a mortised long range sight. Frame is 3-screw type with extended hammer screw for shoulder stock. Right side of frame, unusually, is marked with the 2-line 3 patent date and Rampant Colt without circle. Mounted with matching numbered smooth 2-pc walnut grips. Revolver is very beautifully engraved in L.D. Nimschke style with "B"+ coverage by Colt master engraver Steve Kamyk. Frame has about 65-70% coverage engraving with about the same percentage of coverage on the bbl, ejector housing, backstrap, buttstrap and trigger guard. Bbl has a gold band around the muzzle and 2 at the root with another on each end of the ejector housing. Rear edge of cyl also has 2 gold bands. Hammer & trigger are nickel finish. Left side of buttstrap, under the grip, has the engraver''s signature "ENGR. S.KAMYK". Accompanied by its orig red satin and velvet lined black leatherette case and its matching numbered nickeled brass skeleton shoulder stock. Also accompanied by a 2 pg Colt Factory letter which identifies this revolver in cal 45 Colt, with 16-1/8" bbl, royal blue and nickel finish with case hardened frame, with black leatherette case, shipped to John Warren Hardware Inc, Eugene, OR, on January 8, 1971. Letter further states that it was returned to the factory on March 10, 2012 for customizing. Sales order No. 51600 included Class "B" custom scroll engraving and the gold bands as found, by Colt master engraver Steve Kamyk. CONDITION: Extremely fine plus, all matching including grips. Appears to be unfired since engraving. Case has slightly scuffed corners, otherwise is equally as new. 50076-2 JR156 (3,000-5,000)