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Historic Black Powder Colt Acid Etched Panel Frontier Six Shooter Single Action Army Revolver with Factory Letter Attributed to Outlaw Henry “The Flying Dutchman” Wagner with Factory Letter and Additional Documentation - Serial no. 95404, 44-40 cal., 7 1/2 inch round bbl., nickel finish, hard rubber grips. The 1965 dated factory letter lists the revolver in .44-40 with a 7 1/2 inch barrel, nickel finish, and rubber grips when part of a shipment of six guns of this type sold and shipped to Hibbard, Spencer, Bartlett & Co. in Chicago, Illinois, on February 6, 1885. The barrel has the elongated oval etched panel with “COLT FRONTIER SIX SHOOTER” on the left side, a rounded blade front sight, the one-line address on top, and “44” on the bottom at the breech. The “black powder” style frame has the three-line patent marking on the left, and the loading gate has the assembly number “4260.” The matching serial number is stamped on the bottom of the frame, trigger guard, and back strap. The left side of the trigger guard has “44 C.F.”The grips have the Rampant Colt emblem at the top and the eagle and shield motif at the bottom.
Included information from Greg Lampe within his extensive research binder indicates this revolver was purchased by Robert Olson from the Wagner family in the 1940s or early 1950s and that it was known that the family owned the gun that outlaw Henry “The Flying Dutchman” Wagner had used in the latter part of his “career,” and that the family indicated it was the revolver Wagner had
used to kill a constable during a robbery attempt in Union Bay, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. The murder weapon was noted as a “44 calibre, Colts Revolvers” in the trial and described as “a big heavy gun.” This revolver is accompanied by a tremendous amount of research. Lampe noted: “This notebook contains the most thoroughly researched information on Henry Wagner ever done. It was possible due to the tireless efforts by two great historic researchers who spent several weeks going through archives and old newspapers.” The researchers were Patricia J. Burns of Seattle, Washington, and Claudia Cole of Victoria, B.C., Canada. Also included are “Outlaws & Lawmen of Western Canada Volume Two,”“The Friendly Port: A History of Union Bay 1880-1960” by Janette Glover-Giedt, and “The B.C. Outlaws” by F.W. Lindsay.