Main Sale - September 2012 : Sale A1066 Lot 1017 - S5
COLT A RARE NICKEL-PLATED .450 (BOXER) SIX-SHOT SINGLE-ACTION REVOLVER, MODEL SINGLE ACTION ARMY, serial no. 37157,
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COLT
A RARE NICKEL-PLATED .450 (BOXER) SIX-SHOT SINGLE-ACTION REVOLVER, MODEL 'SINGLE ACTION ARMY', serial no. 37157,
for 1877, with 5 1/2in. sighted barrel signed 'COLTS PT FA MFG CO HARTFORD CT USA DEPOT 14 PALL MALL LONDON', 'bullseye' ejector rod, frame marked with three-line patents to 1875, trigger-guard stamped '45 CAL B' (45 mark overstamped), extended hammer axis screw, one piece walnut grips, the whole an early, probably factory re-nickel with the majority remaining, (hairline crack in frame where barrel joins action, London black-powder proofs)
Estimate £1,000-2,000
S5