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Colt SA .45cal SN 13XXX revolver

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Western Americana Start Price:5,000.00 USD Estimated At:NA
Colt SA .45cal SN 13XXX revolver
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HELD AT The Lodge at Deadwood
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877-393-5634
DEADWOOD, SD. 57732
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Colt SA .45cal SN 13XXX revolver7 1/2" barrel, 80% NY engraved exhibition panel scenes of Northern Plains Indians made in 1876. Factory letter records the revolver as 45 caliber, barrel length not listed, blue finish, sold to JP Moores but shipped to Schuyler, Hartley and Graham, NY. June 14, 1876, 3 weeks before Colt Philadelphia Exposition in July 1876. The revolver shows matching serial numbers on barrel, frame, trigger guard, backstrap and cylinder,assembly number 81 on loading gate matching to frame under trigger guard. Engraved coverage includes barrel, ejector housing, cylinder, screws, frame, trigger guard, hammer, loading gate, and backstrap. Leftside with Indian warrior on horseback hunting a buffalo with lance, an interesting motif considering the Indian relations in 1876. Condition of revolver is very good, as noted all serial numbers matching, retainingapproximately 25-35% nickel, remainder a silver gray, some areas of scattered erosion on barrel ahead of ejector housing and forward area of address, visible nickel in cylinder flutes, ejector housing, top and