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LOT 1476
Scarce Limited Edition Colt Custom Shop Python Silver Snake
Edition Double Action Revolver with Factory Letter - Serial no. T03173, 357 magnum cal., 6 inch vent rib bbl., stainless finish, rubber grips. Manufactured in 1983, the Colt Python Silver Snake was the first stainless steel firearm manufactured by Colt in a very limited 250 unit run from the Custom Shop. Featuring an adjustable white outlined rear sight, and red ramp front. The right side of the barrel is etched with a floral pattern bordering an unfurled banner with the dates “1836” and “1982” with Samuel Colt’s signature in the middle of the banner. Also depicted is the Colt factory dome and the Colt Custom Shop logo. The left side of the barrel is similarly embellished, with the same floral pattern, dome and Custom Shop logo bordering an unfurled banner reading “SILVER SNAKE .357 MAGNUM”. The left side of the frame features an etched coiled python. The included factory letter confirms the revolver’s features including chambering, 6 inch barrel, stainless finish, and Pachmayr grips with inset Colt Custom Shop pewter medallions, when shipped to Ellett Brothers Inc. of Chapin, South Carolina, on June 28, 1983. Includes a Colt soft case. CONDITION: Excellent, with limited handling marks and light cylinder drag line. Mechanically excellent. Estimate: 9,000 - 15,000
LOT 1477
Colt California Combat Python Style Double Action Revolver with Factory Letter - Serial no. K03028, 357 magnum cal., 3 inch vent rib
bbl., blue finish, walnut grips. Manufactured in 1980. The
included factory letter lists this revolver as a Target Python with an eight inch
barrel chambered in .38 Special, royal blue finish, and stocks not listed when shipped to M&N Distributors in Torrance, Calif., on Jan. 14, 1981. The letter further remarks that the Target Python was produced from 1980 to 1985 with only 3,495 produced with a blue finish. The California Combat Python was built by Pacific International off of original Colt Target Pythons (what all California Combats letter as) by cutting down the barrel to three inches, adding a new front sight and barrel marking, and reaming out the cylinder for .357 Magnum ammunition. These original 8 inch .38 Target Pythons were directly sold and delivered to Pacific International. Although this revolver is in California Combat Python configuration, this original 8 inch .38 Target Python was not sold and delivered to Pacific International, and therefore it is our opinion that it is a copy of Pacific International’s famed California Combat Python. CONDITION: Excellent overall as upgraded (see above), with 98% of the blue finish remaining with a faint cylinder drag line and a few handling marks mostly on the grip panels. Mechanically excellent. Estimate: 4,000 - 6,000
LOT 1478
Scarce Colt Lew Horton Special Edition Combat Cobra Double Action Revolver with Box - Serial no. CC0253, 357 magnum cal., 2 1/2 inch solid rib bbl., bright stainless finish, hardwood grips. Manufactured in 1987 for the Lew Horton Distributing Company as one of 1,000 of these special King Cobra variant revolvers. Fitted with orange insert blade front and adjustable rear sights with “COMBAT COBRA” on the left side of the barrel. Includes original Colt “Heritage” box. CONDITION: Excellent overall, with minimal handling marks and a light cylinder drag line. Mechanically excellent. The box is very good. Estimate: 5,000 - 8,000
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LOT 1479
Rare Colt King Cobra CCL Double Action Revolver with Box - Serial no. CCL055, 357 magnum cal., 2 1/2 inch solid rib bbl., blue finish, goncalo alves grips. Manufactured in 1989. Number 55 of only 250 produced and commissioned by Western Hoegee Co. Standard markings and features of this very rare model. Includes original Colt “Heritage” box. CONDITION: Excellent overall, retaining 99% original blue, with minimal handling marks and a light cylinder drag line. The box is fine. Mechanically excellent. Estimate: 4,500 - 7,500