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LOT 3166
Outstanding Henry Nettleton Sub-Inspected U.S. Colt Single Action Cavalry Model Revolver with Factory Letter and Kopec Gold Seal Letter - Serial no. 48867, 45 Long Colt cal., 7 1/2 round inch bbl., blue/ casehardened finish, walnut grips. This extraordinary U.S. Contract Colt
Single Action Cavalry Model revolver was manufactured in 1878 and sub- inspected by Henry Nettleton (HN). The revolver is accompanied by a Gold Seal Letter of Authentication by Colt expert John A. Kopec. The Kopec letter states that this revolver is “totally correct in all respects” and speculates that it survived in “remarkable condition” because it was provided by the Ordnance Department to a state militia, never issued, returned to Springfield Armory following World War I and sold as surplus, distributed through the Director
of Civilian Marksmanship, or held at Springfield Armory from 1878 until the 1920s and sold by the armory.