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At the NRA Annual Meetings in 1994, this Schofield No. 1 was awarded the coveted “10 Best” Silver Medal Arms Award, “one of a maximum of
ten certificates awarded each year to arms of outstanding historical
value, or beauty, or rarity, selected from displays of the NRA’s Affiliated Gun Collector Organizations.”The silver medal was No. 335, and the medal is included along with its original case as well as the small “Ten Best Arms Award 1994” plaque with stand. This high profile Schofield
has been featured in a number of publications including: the centerfold to the October 2008 issue of “America’s 1st Freedom” (pages 50-51, issue included as well as the Wells Fargo Co. Express sign used in the photo), Supica and Nahas “Standard Catalog of Smith & Wesson” on pages 99-100, Dean Boorman’s “The History of Smith & Wesson Firearms” on page 107, John Parsons’ “Smith & Wesson Revolvers” on page 92, David Chicoine’s
“Smith & Wesson Sixguns of the Old West” on page 130, Gun Digest’s “The Illustrated History of Firearms” on page 94, NRA 2008 “Guns West” exhibit catalog on page 24, and “Guns of the NRA National Sporting Firearms Museum” on page 199. The revolver was displayed at the NRA National Firearms Museum from 2008-2009 and then at the NRA National Sporting Arms Museum from 2013-2022 and featured on “Serial Number One Guns” episode of Outdoor Channel’s “Gun Stories” (season 4, episode 16). Includes a S&W Collectors Association best display belt buckle with etching of this gun that was awarded to previous owner, the late Bill Anderson, a well known North Texas oil man, who assembled one of the 20th century’s finest and most complete collections of military issue
Smith & Wesson handguns.
CONDITION: Fine, showing great authentic working gun character, proudly displaying 70% period retailer nickel plating, patterns of case colors on the hammer, and replacement grips with minor handling marks. Mechanically excellent. Serial no. 1 certainly has all the hallmarks of a well traveled sidearm that came out of the western frontier. As the first production gun, this Schofield, which saw both U.S. and Wells Fargo service, will make a grand statement in your collection no matter how advanced.
It is a must have for the serious collector.
Provenance: The Herman C. Cook, Jr. Collection; The Bill Anderson Collection; The Supica Collection. Estimate: 75,000 - 125,000
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