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Extremely Fine Documented Early Production Colt Single Action Army Revolver with Desirable Skeleton Shoulder Stock
A Must-Have Variation of Colt Single Action Army Revolver
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LOT 1187
Highly Desirable and In credibly Rare Colt Black Powder Single Action Army Revolver with Rare Attachable Skeleton Stock and Factory Letter - Serial no. 19618, 45 LC cal., 7 1/2 inch round bbl., blue/casehardened finish, walnut grips. This exceptionally fine black powder frame SAA was manufactured in 1875 and comes with a
highly sought after and rare Colt production skeletonized stock. The condition of the revolver alone makes this SAA highly desirable. Add the nearly impossible to find skeleton stock and you have a prized collectible missing from even the most advanced SAA collections.
The stock attaches to the revolver via a special extended hammer screw projecting from both sides of the frame. These rare stocks were offered as accessories and there are no known records for how many,
if any, were sold directly with Single Action Army Revolvers, other than Buntline Specials. Knowledgeable collectors have concluded that a limited number were produced. Records and examples discussed in “A Study of the Colt Single Action Army Revolvers” (see pages 8, 12, and 50) demonstrate that these stocks were particularly popular in England. Two lengths of the skeletonized stock as well as additional extended frame screws were shipped to Colt’s dealers in England in the mid- 1870s. The attachable stock offered here lacks visible markings and has a nickel plated finish and a blued adjustment nut. The accompanying factory letter confirms the .45 caliber chambering and blue finish with barrel length and type of stocks not listed, a common indication of 7 1/2 inch barrel and walnut stocks, as encountered on this example. The factory letter also states the revolver was shipped to H.&D. Folsom of New York City on June 28, 1875.