GUN SPRING 2018
The live portion of this session begins on Wednesday, March 21, 2018.
PRIME COMMERCIAL COLT MODEL 1917 .45 ACP REVOLVER W/ORIG BOX AND FACTORY LETTER.COLT191733632045 ACPW/BOXMODERN; C&RCal. 45 ACP. 5-1/2" bbl with blue finish and mounted with correct Colt commercial checkered walnut stocks. Left side of bbl has the rare commercial "COLT MODEL 1917 .45 AUTO. CTGE." marking as well as the traditional 2-line Colt bbl address. Crisp Rampant Colt on left frame side plate as well as the Colt VP proof marking on forward left side of trigger guard. These rare commercial variation of the standard WWI issue .45 revolver were made with a very limited production believed to be of approximately 1,000 units. These examples were made without the traditional lanyard loop that is found on the military and government purchased models. Finished with a commercial grade polish as opposed to the miltary polish that was utilized on the U.S. property models. Gun is housed in its appropriately marked commercial 2-pc Colt box with instruction manual, cleaning rod and disassembly tool. Box has the appropriate commercial Colt revolver Model 1917 label.Accompanied by a Colt factory letter confirming the revolver's configuration with "War-time Finish" and shipped to Shapleigh Hdwe, St.Louis, MO on July 28, 1932 in a shipment of 500 guns. CONDITION: Excellent overall retaining virtually all its factory finishes. Bore is pristine with crisp rifling. Chambers retain all of their blue finish internally with only minuscule finish loss at muzzle and crane hinge. Grips with sharp checkering with no indication of use. A very small area of corrosion is evident at toe of butt, possibly from being stored within its cardboard box. Box is fine condition with only traces of internal wear from gun having been housed within. Exterior of box is the finest this cataloger has seen with only traces of edge wear which is to be expected after 100 years of existence. Label is equally fine and completely intact. All corners are strong and showing little distress. This exceptionally fine example is one of the hardest variations to acquire. 53190-2 TDW (5,000-8,000)