May 13-15, 2025 Firearms and Militaria
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 5/13/2025
According to the Colt factory archive letter, this gun left the factory as a .44/40 with a 3" barrel. Blue / Color case with the stocks not listed. It was shipped to the Automatic Distributing Corporation, 601 Lockwood Drive, Houston, Texas on November 11, 1980 in a shipment of 18 guns. Now it is masterfully engraved and nickel plated with niter blue small parts. Two line address on top of the barrel, "COLT'S PT. F. A. MFG CO. / HARTFORD, CONN. U.S.A." On the left side of the barrel is "COLT SHERIFF'S MODEL". On the right side of the barrel is the caliber marking, "COLT SAA .44-40". Two line patent dates and the rampant Colt logo on the left side of the frame. There are matching serial numbers on the frame, trigger guard and the backstrap. It sports a set of factory checkered hard rubber Eagle grips. Exquisitely engraved by a master hand in a floral and scroll pattern with a punch dot background. There are several other geometric designs and borders incorporated into the engraving. There is also an arrow engraved on the backstrap. CONDITION: This gun retains virtually all of the after marked nickel finish. The niter blue small parts have just a hint of wear. The grips are sharp and crisp with no chips or cracks and fit the gun very well. Bright and shiny bore with sharp lands and grooves. There is no cylinder burn at the front of the cylinder. The action locks up tight and indexes fine. This gun has all four clicks.