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Excellent Documented Colt Flattop Target Model Single Action Army Revolver with Factory Letter - Serial no. 317018, 38 Colt cal., 7 1/2 inch round bbl., blue finish, medallion checkered walnut grips. Offered here is one of approximately only 925 Flattop Target Model Single Action Army revolvers produced. Only 122 of these highly desirable standard frame, flattop revolvers were chambered in
.38 Colt (see David Brown’s “The 36 Calibers of the Colt Single Action Army,” page 170). Brown stated, “Colt Single Actions were first made in .38 Colt caliber in 1886. The caliber did not attain sufficient popularity at that time to make production profitable, and the caliber was dropped in 1914...The comparatively small production in this caliber makes these guns hard to find, and they are prized by collectors.” The revolver has the distinctive flat top strap with dovetail mounted target rear sight and block mounted front sight with adjustable blade. The top of the barrel is marked with the standard one-line Hartford address and “38 COLT.” on the left. The left of the frame has the standard two-line patent marking followed by the circled Rampant Colt. The left side of the trigger guard is marked
with a Colt factory triangle proof mark and the letter “W.” Matching serial numbers are visible on the bottom of the frame, trigger guard, and back strap. The revolver wears a set of desirable Rampant Colt medallion checkered walnut grips. The accompanying factory letter states the revolver sold to Quayle- Larsen Co. (address not listed) and shipped to Marshall-Wells Hardware Co. with dealer locations in Duluth, Minnesota; Portland, Oregon; Spokane, Washington; Billings, Montana; and Winnipeg, Canada, as a flattop target SAA with a 7 1/2 inch barrel in .38 Colt, blue finish, and type of stocks not listed. Quayle-Larsen Co. was a hardware retailer in Duluth.