4160 ANTIQUE COLT NEW YORK ENGRAVED SAA REVOLVER.

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[?]Live Online Auction Starts In 2025 May 11 @ 10:00 (UTC-04:00 : AST/EDT)
Category Firearms & Military
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Start Price 5,000.00 USD
Estimated at 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD
Cal. Originally 44RF, converted to 44CF. S# 853. Bbl is shortened to 5 1/2" w/ reattached blade front sight. 6-shot fluted cyl. Action, bbl, grip straps, and ejector housing has 75% vine type foliate scroll, New York style hand engraving. Engraving was likely done in the shop of Louis C. Nimschke. Full nickel finish. 1pc ivory grips. UNATTACHED ACCESSORIES: letter from Office of Colt Historian dated August 10, 2022 states Serial Number: 853 / Caliber: .44 Rimfire / Barrel Length: 7 1/2" / Finish: Blue / Type of Stocks: Wood / Shipped To: Schuyler, Hartley & Graham / Address: New York, New York / Date of Shipment: November 30, 1877 / Number of Same Type Guns in Shipment: 50. CONDITION: metal retains 30% nickel finish with balance fading to gray showing some very light pitting. Grips show age related cracking having acquired a partially yellowed color with small chips at toe. Action is in time showing slight cyl side play. Dark pitted bore has intact rifling. (01-26604/DS). ANTIQUE. $10,000-15,000.