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According to "The 36 Calibers of the Colt Single Action Army Revolver" by Brown, of the 976 Colt Bisley Flattop Target revolvers manufactured, only 96 were chambered for .38 Colt.
sight with removable blade, low, wide hammer spur and wide trigger. The two-piece, hard rubber grips are checkered with the Rampant Colt trademark in an oval at the top. The revolver has a high polish, commercial blue finish on the barrel, frame, trigger guard and backstrap with casehardened hammer and niter blue trigger. The top of the barrel is roll-stamped: “COLT’S PT.F.A.MFG. Co. HARTFORD CT. U.S.A.” in one line. The left side of the barrel
is roll-stamped: “(BISLEY MODEL) 38 COLT.” The Colt ‘Three-dates
in two lines” patent marks and the encircled Rampant Colt trademark are stamped on the left side of the frame. The serial number is located on the bottom of the frame, trigger guard and backstrap. The assembly number “310” is stamped on the inside
of the loading gate. The Colt “VP/Triangle” proof mark is stamped on the left front trigger guard bow and the assembler’s “6” mark
is stamped on the left rear bow. Approximately 976 Bisley Flattop Target Model Revolvers were manufactured by Colt between 1894 and 1912 when production of the Bisley Model
revolvers was discontinued.
LOT 142
Outstanding Documented Colt Bisley Flattop Target Model Revolver with Factory Letter - Serial no. 305477, 38 long Colt cal., 7 1/2 inch round bbl., blue finish, black hard rubber grips. This outstanding Colt Bisley Flattop Target Model Revolver was manufactured in 1908. The included factory letter confirms
its configuration, and states it was a single gun shipment to Tufts-Lyon Arms Company, Los Angeles, California in October 12, 1908. The revolver has the distinctive Bisley ‘humpback’ grip, flat frame top with dove-tailed rear sight, solid base front