Colt New Service 1914 .455 Eley Value

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Just looking for a bit of help on a 1914 Colt New Service .455 Eley revolver. I came across this revolver the other day while doing a non-restricted deal.The revolver pictured was purchased as a Trappers sidearm and is in immaculate condition.Chambered in .455 Eley I havent seen a revolver in this condition in a long time all original with factory pearl grips and factory spare set.Serial number 67,### shows a production date of 1914.Hes asking a fair price and I will likely purchase if I can find out the value.If some of this info is not correct please direct me to correct this blog.My intention is to purchase this firearm for a bit of range time and likely post on CGN for sale in the near furture.Thanks in advance for all the help.
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I'd like to see clearer pic's detailing the stampings. The pistol looks like it has been refinished, and i very much doubt those are factory original MOP grips. With the lanyard ring it looks to be a military or police model, and the 1914 dating would make this likely.

fair price to me would be 450-650$ depending on details and more research.
 
Not conclusive at all from the pictures, but you say original and factory grips, I say re-finished and after-market. You have the gun in hand, however.

Finish looks wrong. The hammer and trigger shouldn't shine like that as far as I have seen; should be blued or fire-coloured.

The wear on what we presume are the original wood grips does not match the metal.

If a trapper used it, that holster right there should have applied finish wear on several rub points as he hiked all over, not to mention the likely condensation as he left the gun in there for months at a time (which probably is what spurred a re-finish).

Not an expert on them, but I see pictures of Colt pearl grips of that era, and they have a bit of patina. Real mother of pearl will patinate, synthetic not (other easy ways to tell if you want to determine what you have). Look more modern and not Colt to me. There are some with rampant Colt medallions, but they can be after-market as well.

My guess is carried in the woods, located years later with rust spots, re-finished, and dressed up with grips at that time.

$400 to no more than $500 if I'm right, and you want it.
 
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I bought mother-of-pearl grips for a 1911 a couple of years ago. $200 US plus a six month wait before they were shipped from Vietnam. Add that to the value of the Colt.
 
Finish is wrong for that gun. Wear on the gun don't match the wooden grips/holster/story. MOP grip only add value if someone wants MOP grip on their New Service revolver.

It would be a nice gun for someone wanting to plink with 455... As for $, I don't think I'd go over $400
 
Looks like we have a pretty good consensus on the value of the revolver; the question is what is the composition, manufacturer, and vintage of the pearl grips to know if they have any significant value on their own.

There's a very small chance that some rare military markings on the gun could boost the price. But even then, it would always be, ‘Shame this was re-finished; could have been worth so much more.’

The simple fact is, New Service and M&P revolvers that are re-blued, and also re-chambered out of .455, are so common that there's not much demand for them.

.455 a plinking round??!?
 
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