Colt Cut-Away Police Positive Revolver Factory
Guns International #: 100609442 Seller's Inventory #: 28551
Category: Colt Revolvers - Police Positive - Colt Revolvers - Double Action Pre-War
Seller's Information
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Seller: Joe Salter com
Company: Down East Antiques - Joe Salter
Member Since: 9/10/10
First Name: Garrick-March-Jim-Joe
Last Name: Salter
State: New Hampshire
Zip: 03031
Country: United States
Phone: (603) 732-4000
Fax: (603) 732-4200
Platinum Seller
Number of Active Listings: 1184
Total Number of Listings: 20133
Seller: FFL Dealer
Return Policy: 3 day inspection and return policy on used guns.
We have a 30 day Inspection Period and NOT a 3 day Inspection.
Payment Types Accepted: We take all major credit cards with NO CREDIT CARD FEES! Also Check or Money order.
About Us: Joe Salter has been in the Antique and Collector Weapons business for 60 years as both a collector and dealer. Our company is based in Southern New Hampshire and we have had an internet based store front for the past 20 years. We are federally licensed and deal in all types of firearms and related material.
Description:
Serial #5377, .38 Colt, 4” barrel with an excellent, bright bore. This 1906-made revolver retains about 85-90% of the original blue finish that is thinning and silvering on the muzzle, high edges, and projections. The original checkered hard rubber grips are numbered to the gun on the interior, and remain in fine-excellent condition with only some very minor flattening of the points. The barrel has the correct markings, but there are no markings present on the side plate due to the cut-away sections. The cuts are present on both sides of the frame to expose the trigger mechanism and an “&” is stamped under the crane on the frame indicating a return to the factory for some type of service. It is interesting to note that, despite being a cut-away, the revolver is fully shootable, and still times and locks up as well as the day it left the factory. Included with the gun is a 2015 dated Colt Factory Letter that lists the gun as produced in “Skeleton configuration”, and gives an initial shipment on the Colt loan account of May 25, 1906, to Belknap Hardware & Mfg. Co. of Louisville, KY. The gun was subsequently returned to the factory on December 21, 1906, where it remained until May 23, 1907, when it was shipped to Albert Foster Jr., Colt's New York Agency manager. There are no further factory records, indicating that the gun was either sold to an outside customer or retained by Mr. Foster for his extensive personal collection. The gun eventually found its way into the well known collection of Richard “Stretch” Kennedy, and was acquired by us during the sale of his estate. This is an extremely rare, original Colt cut-away, one of only 60 examples of the Police Positive cut-aways ever produced, and has documented ties to one of the Colt company's most important 20th century figures. It would make a splendid addition to any collection. FFL or C&R
SOLD
Curio/Relic: Yes
Manufacturer: Colt
Model: Police Positive
Serial Number: 5377
Caliber Info: .38 Colt
Gauge Info: .38 Colt