September 10-12, 2019 Field & Range Firearms
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 9/10/2019
This revolver, made in 1883 and inspected by David Clark, originally had a 7 - 1/2" barrel, blue & case single action revolver with one piece inspected walnut grips. Once they were through with it or once it was absconded, the next owner shorted the barrel to 4 - 15/16", nickel plated the entire gun and had it fitted with one piece ivory grips. He did not attempt to remove the US stamp from the frame and left the frame and barrel markings along with the DFC inspector stamps intact, including the original barrel, therefore, all parts on this gun are matching just as they were when they left for faraway western forts on the frontier. CONDITION: With exception to the cylinder which was cleaned bright to give the appearance of nickel, the balance of the gun still retains about 85% of the period renickel. The ivory grips fit fairly well but there is a 1/2 chip off right front toe. The action still has all four Colt clicks and the bore is still sharp.