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SAA 44-40 4¾" Black Powder ~ C-01-17
25% nickel with balance of metal clean. VG etched panel, good bore, VG action.dded pearl grips missing chips on right side. Shipped to NY.
1886 110XXX $5500
 
           
SAA 44-40 7½" Black Powder ~ C-01-22
5% blue in protected areas—rest a pleasing light color. Faint traces of case color. Fairly good etched panel. VG bore, EXC action, most varnish worn from wood grips.
1882 80XXX $8500
 
           
SAA 44-40 7½" Etched Barrel ~ C-01-34
Clean with 5% blue; hint of case colors. Good bore, EXC action. Has the most desirable carved one-piece ivory grips, called “The Mad Bull” by collectors. Grips are original Colt, but did not come with this gun. Panel is very readable.
1882 74XXX $12,500
 
           
1889 4" 38 ~ C-01-42
Top condition with 97% bright charcoal blue. One of the first made. Letter states it was picked up by Caldwell Colt on June 10, 1889.bout ten of these were civilian and the first produced. The military contract duplicated these first ten or so guns in serial number. Walnut grips EXC, but right one has a minor age crack.
Factory Letter 1889 SN 3 $12,500
 
           
1877 DA Lightning 38 3½" Storekeeper’s Model ~ C-02-17
30% blue, 70% case colors. EXC bore and action. Readable etched panel. Nice checked Rosewood grips. Has Pall Mall Address and British proofs.
16XXX $1850
 
           
1878 DA 44-40 4¾" ~ C-02-18
30% blue, VG bore and action. Nice rubber grips. Etched panel mostly there. Very clean. Has a plug in lanyard swivel hole. Shipped to H&D, Flosom, NY.
21XXX 1888 $3250
 
         
SAA 44-40 5½ ~ C-03-54
75% nice blue; 65% slightly faded case colors. EXC bore, action and grips. VG screws.
Factory Letter
164XXX 1896 $9000
 
     
1860 Fluted Army with History ~ C-02-58
Used by a Confederate captain stationed in Clarksville, Tennessee. Flaked, leaving specks of blue with rust tarnish. 20% case colors on frame. 75% silver on straps. EXC grips with 97% original varnish. Tight and crisp. Good bore.
S.N. 1492. All matching $24,000
 
         
SAA 45 4¾ ~ C-03-55
15% blue and case colors. Minor rust damage on 20%, mainly cylinder. Good bore; EXC action. Grips a little worn.
Factory Letter
165XXX 1896 $3750
 
         
SAA 44-40 4¾ ~ C-03-56
Clean, with 10% blue and faded case colors. Good bore and action. Nice grips. Replaced trigger.
Factory Letter
147XXX 1892 $4750
 
           
1878 DA 45 5½" ~ C-02-68
A beautiful gun with 10% heavy bright blue and 85% thin blue. EXC bore; VG action. Nice original checked walnut grips.
Early 3XXX 1879 $3500
 
           
SAA 45 4¾ Nickel Black Powder ~ C-03-65
90% nice original nickel. EXC bore and action. EXC original rubber grips. Shipped to H.S.B. & Co., Chicago, in 1893.
Factory Letter 152XXX $15,500
 
 
           
SAA 45 7½ ~ C-04-02
Very clean, with 30% nice blue and 20% light case colors. VG/EXC bore; EXC action. Wood grips are slightly undersized and mismatched. Shipped to Simmons in April 1882.
Factory Letter 74XXX 1882 $9500

 
 
         
Colt Lightning 32-20 26” Octagon Rifle ~ C-04-27
96% bright heavy blue. Perfect bore; EXC wood. Crescent butt plate is tarnished but not pitted. Comes with nice box of UMC 32-20 ammo, marked “Colt’s L.M.R.,” valued at $1200. (Box is shrink-wrapped, with photo of contents shown beside it.) Beeches front sight.
43XXX $7000
 
 
           
SAA 45 4¾” ~ C-04-36
Nice, with 50% blue. VG bore; EXC action. Nice grips. Shipped to Hartley & Graham.
Factory Letter 151XXX 1893 $5500
 
   
     
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