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Magnificent, Exceptionally Rare, Historically Significant, NRA Silver Medal Award Winning, Well-Documented Gustave Young Exhibition Factory Panel Scene Engraved Smith & Wesson New Model No. 3 Single Action Target Revolver Exhibited at the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago and Shipped to Champion Target Shooter Oscar Olson with Factory Letter - Serial no. 27917, 44 S&W Russian cal., 6 1/2 inch solid rib bbl., blue finish, pearl grips. Over the years Rock Island Auction Company has had the pleasure of offering to the public an astonishing assortment of 19th century highly embellished S&Ws. Today we continue that tradition with this sensational Gustave Young panel scene exhibition engraved New Model No. 3 Target Revolver displayed at the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago. A series of factors make this well-documented, NRA Silver Medal award winning Gustave Young masterpiece one for the ages.
