Fine Modern & Antique Guns - December 2013 : Sale A121213 Lot 1042 - S5
COLT, LONDON A CASED .45 (L/C) NICKEL-PLATED SIX-SHOT DOUBLE-ACTION REVOLVER, MODEL 1878 DOUBLE-ACTION FRONTIER, serial no. 20574,

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* COLT, LONDON
A CASED .45 (L/C) NICKEL-PLATED SIX-SHOT DOUBLE-ACTION REVOLVER, MODEL '1878 DOUBLE-ACTION FRONTIER', serial no. 20574,
for 1887, with 5 1/2in. barrel signed 'COLT'S PT FA MFG CO HARTFORD CT USA DEPOT 14 PALL MALL LONDON', blade fore-sight, narrowed sighting channel to the top-strap, plain frame with loading gate, chequered hard-rubber birdshead grips embossed with the Colt trademark, lanyard ring at heel, front of trigger guard bow marked '.45 CAL', spring loaded under-barrel ejector rod, the whole retaining a good amount of its original nickel plate TOGETHER WITH an English market oak storage case, compartmented and lined in blue baize and containing a glass oil bottle, turn-screw, cleaning rod, the original case key and fitted with provision for 30 rounds of ammunition

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Estimate £1,500-2,000

S5