A Colt Fixer-upper

jkbrea · Post by **jkbrea** » Thu Jul 31, 2014 3:02 pm

Was scrolling GB for Colts and saw this. Might take a little more than Hoppe's 9!

http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewIt ... =430298779

Streetstar · Post by **Streetstar** » Thu Jul 31, 2014 3:27 pm

Geeezz---- $1400 bucks if it could be traced back to Butch Cassidy maybe ---- this is likely the same guy who tries to sell H&R Topbreaks for $800 , among other things

cas · Post by **cas** » Thu Jul 31, 2014 4:33 pm

How do you get it, go pick it up? Shipping a loaded gun aint gonna work.

Post by **Chuck 100 yd** » Thu Jul 31, 2014 4:37 pm

It is being rust blued the hard way. Hard on the gun that is.

Griff · Post by **Griff** » Thu Jul 31, 2014 4:47 pm

Streetstar wrote:Geeezz---- $1400 bucks if it could be traced back to Butch Cassidy maybe ---- this is likely the same guy who tries to sell H&R Topbreaks for $800 , among other things

Provenance tying it to Butch Cassidy MIGHT run the price up a bit more than $1349!

I wonder what timeframe it's from?

dsmith512 · Post by **dsmith512** » Thu Jul 31, 2014 9:09 pm

How long would it take any firearm to rust and corrode setting in a muddy west Texas river? 10 years? How could you tell if this Colt was a First, Second or even Third generation SAA. First generations were made until 1940, Second 1956-1974, and third 1976 to present. If it was lost in 1974 that is still 40 years in a river. Treating unknown items as valuable. Give me a break.

cas · Post by **cas** » Thu Jul 31, 2014 11:37 pm

Might be good questions to ask the seller. "How do you know it's a Colt?" Could be a Great Western or some other flavor. A rusty Uberti can't be worth nearly as much.

Looks like two piece grips. Screw hole maybe on one side… looks like a screw in the x-ray. Neat find. I'd pay upwards of two hundred for it if it was a Colt.

FWiedner · Post by **FWiedner** » Fri Aug 01, 2014 3:39 am

Somebody ought to check with rangerider7 to make sure somethin' ain't missin from his collection.

AkRay · Post by **AkRay** » Sun Aug 03, 2014 1:13 am

If the owner was carrying his Colt style single action with all 6 chambers loaded he was luckier to have lost it in the mud before he accidentally shot himself with it.

vancelw · Post by **vancelw** » Sun Aug 03, 2014 11:16 am

AkRay wrote:If the owner was carrying his Colt style single action with all 6 chambers loaded he was luckier to have lost it in the mud before he accidentally shot himself with it.

I agree, but that is the heart of Comanche country...if the revolver is indeed from that time period, the carrier probably figured the risk was acceptable.

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