May 8-10, 2024 Firearms & Militaria
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 5/9/2024
Manufactured 1927. Classic 4 - 3/4" configuration with blade front sight, V notch rear sight, case colored hammer and frame, fire blued trigger, and balance blued. Kidney shaped ejector rod housing, frame with 2 line 3 date patent information and uncircled Rampant Colt. Barrel with caliber designaton on left side, 2 line Hartford address across top. Hard rubber grips with rampant Colt motif at top. CONDITION: Barrel with the majority of the factory blue remaining, with superficial scratches, brown mossing, and silvering to sharp edges throughout. Some thinning of blue, mostly on left side, commensurate with being placed left side down. Ejector rod en suite, with somewhat more silvering at tip. Case colors are heavily faded with patterning visible, and better color retained in protected areas. Cylinder with a turn line. Grips are very good with some handling marks and a few dings. Mechanically fine with all four Colt clicks, bore with visible rifling and even frosting throughout.