Guns International #: 103192659
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Category - Colt Pistols - Antique - Colt Revolvers - Army

Category
Colt Pistols - Antique
Colt Revolvers - Army

COLT 45

Description:
THIS ANTIQUE COLT SINGLE ACTION ARMY REVOLVER  "APPEARS" TO BE A FORMER US CAVALRY BLACK POWDER SINGLE ACTION ISSUED BETWEEN 1880 AND 1892. COLT REVOLVERS WITH SERIAL NUMBERS UNDER 192,000 ARE CERTIFIED FOR USE ONLY WITH BLACK POWDER. THE SERIAL NUMBER ON THE FRAME IS 141,128. THAT SERIAL NUMBER FITS THE TIME PERIOD. MANY SUCH MODELS TYPICALLY HAD MATCHING SERIAL NUMBERS WITH A 7 1/2-INCH BARREL, ONE-PIECE WALNUT GRIPS AND A COLOR CASE-HARDENED FRAME WITH OTHER METAL PARTS BLUED.  NOW WITH THE PASSAGE OF TIME MANY CAVALRY MODEL REVOLVERS WERE SENT BACK TO COLT OR THE SPRINGFIELD ARMORY AND RECONDITIONED. THEY WERE SHORTENED TO 5 1/2 INCH BARRELS. FURTHER, DURING THIS PROCESS THEY WERE REASSEMBLED WITHOUT MATCHING SERIAL NUMBERS. IN THIS INSTANCE THE TRIGGER GAURD REFLECTS A SERIAL NUMBER OF 91,465K WHICH POINTS TO THE FACT THAT IT WAS MADE IN 1883, THIS IS A KEY CHARACTERISTIC SUPPORTING THIS NARRITIVE. NOTE THE BARREL LENGTH IS ALSO 5 1/2 INCHES. THE GRIPS ARE A PAIR OF RAISED CARVED CUSTOM MADE AND FITTED TO THIS GUN. FURTHER, IT WAS COMMON PRACTICE FOR COLT TO USE ANIMAL MOTIFS LIKE A "BISON" FROM A RARE AND PRIZED MATERIAL WHICH THE FACTORY ROUTINELY USED DURING THIS PERIOD. THIS GUN WAS "POTENTIALLY" RE-ISSUED AS AN 'ARTILLERY MODEL", A COLLECTOR COINED TERM.  THERE IS THOUGHT THAT THIS TERM WAS DERIVED FROM THE FACT THAT THE "LIGHT ARTILLERY UNITS" WERE AMONG THE FIRST TO RECEIVE THESE MODIFIED COLT FIREARMS AS THEY PREPARED FOR THE SPANISH- AMERICAN WAR / THE PHILIPPINE INSURRECTION. THE ESTIMATED VALUE COULD POTENTIALLY INCREASE WITH "FACTORY" SUPPORTED DOCUMENTATION / RESEARCH. THIS ANTIQUE COLT HAS AN ENDURING PRESENCE AND HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE. A GREAT ADDITION TO ANY COLLECTION.

Manufacturer: COLT
Model: ARMY SINGLE ACTION
Serial Number: NOTE TWO SERIAL NUMBERS
Barrel Length: 5 1/2
Condition: VERY GOOD
Metal Condition: REFURBISHED
Wood Condition: CUSTOM CARVED TWO PIECE
Bore Condition: GOOD
Grips: ENGRAVED

Price: $7,880.00