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arget revolvers were made in the desirable 44-40 caliber!
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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 78 were produced in .44-40 WCF.
Rare and Exceptional
Documented Colt Bisley
Frontier Six Shooter Flattop
Target Revolver with Factory
Letter - Serial no. 268262, 44-40
WCF cal., 7 1/2 inch round bbl.,
blue finish, hard rubber grips.
This is an excellent example of a scarce Colt Bisley Flattop Target Frontier Six Shooter Revolver. The accompanying factory letter verifies the serial number, “.44/c” caliber, 7 1/2” barrel with finish and grips as “Not Listed” and that it was shipped as 1 to Schoverling, Daly & Gales, New York, N.Y. on July 29, 1905. The revolver has a high-polish full blue finish with casehardened hammer. The checkered black hard-rubber grips have the Rampant Colt trademark in an oval at the top of the grip. The revolver has the distinctive flat top strap with flat sides and dove-tailed target rear sight, special Bisley hammer and humpback profile grip. The adjustable front sight has a solid base with German silver ribbed blade. The top of the barrel is marked: “COLT’S PT. F.A.MFG.Co HARTFORD CT. U.S.A.” and the left side is marked: “(BISLEY MODEL)/FRONTIER SIX SHOOTER”. The left side
of the frame has the two-line, three patent date marking followed by the circled
Rampant Colt. The Colt VP triangle proof is marked on the front upper left side of
the trigger guard bow and “5” at the rear. The matching serial number is marked
on the frame, trigger guard and backstrap. Total production of the Bisley Flattop
Target Model was approximately 976 revolvers. Only 78 of these Colt Bisley Flattop T
CONDITION: Excellent. The revolver retains 95% of the bright original high polish blue finish. Wear is limited to some flaking on the side of the ejector housing, minor thinning on the back strap and some very minor edge wear on high points. The hammer has nearly all of the original casehardened finish with vivid case colors. Screw heads are in nearly perfect condition and retain almost all of the original niter blue finish. The markings are crisp. The grips are in excellent plus condition with very minor storage marks. Mechanically excellent. An exceptional example of a Colt Single Action Bisley target revolver in highly desirable 44-40 WCF!
Estimate: 20,000 - 35,000