GUN FALL 2017
The live portion of this session begins on Tuesday, October 31, 2017.
SUPERB BLACK POWDER FRAME COLT SINGLE ACTION ARMY REVOLVER.COLTSAA15138541 COLTCal. 41 Colt. Blue & color cased hardened with 4-3/4″ bbl, full front sight and 2-line address with caliber marking on left side. Bottom of bbl is marked "41" just forward of the frame. Left side of frame has 2-line 3-patent dates and rampant Colt in a circle. Mounted with 2-pc rampant Colt hard rubber grips that have last four digits of matching SN scratched inside each grip. Of the approx. 357,859 single action revolvers produced in the period 1873 thru WWII only about 16,402 were made in caliber 41 Colt. Few of that small number were made with 4-3/4″ bbls and of those very few survive today with high orig finish. With this revolver having been produced in about 1893, an era when carrying a sidearm was a daily way of life and given the high condition that it retains it is likely that this revolver was the property of someone in law enforcement or a wealthy cattleman. PROVENANCE: Colt factory records indicate shipment to Meacham & Co, St. Louis, in 1893. CONDITION: Very fine, all matching including grips. Bbl retains about 95% strong orig blue with light muzzle edge wear on the left side; ejector housing retains bright blue in the gullets having thin orig blue on the outer radius and wear on the tip; frame & hammer retain most of their bright, orig case colors, very strong on sides of frame and front gullets, faded over top strap, left recoil shield & loading gate; top edge of hammer has faded to silver; trigger guard retains strong blue with the front strap a blue/gray patina; top of back strap & butt strap retain strong, bright orig blue, faded to blue/gray patina elsewhere; cyl retains 75-80% thinning orig blue on outer diameter, strong & bright in the flutes, front & rear faces; chambers of the cyl retain most of their bright orig blue showing very little use. Screws appear to be untouched, retaining about all of their bright fire blue. Grips are sound showing light diamond point wear, turning chocolate. Hammer is not solid in safety notch, otherwise mechanics are fine, bright shiny bore. 52699-2 JRL (5,000-7,500)