Colt SA .45

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Sorry i have no pics, it is a private gun that i was looking at on consignment and the vendor did not want photos for his reasons.
I thought it was a repro, with worn bluing. Has the Bakelite ? Grips. No safe dings, dents scratches, whatever. This thing has been well taken care of.
There is no play whatsoever in this revolver. Nice gentle but sharp clicks when rotated.
Cartridge gun
$3250.
Are these revolvers worth that? Don`t know actual year.
 
It`s on consignment at an undisclosed location. Don`t know generation. I don`t believe its been refinished, if it has, it`s been well used or handled since then. No real wear on the cartridge ejector, that looked good. Cylinder, “ejection port cover”, & trigger area finish has handling wear, looks like maybe played with a lot. the guy behind the counter was not the usual guy, so was not a wealth of information.
I was unable to see well down the bore.
 
Is the base pin - cylinder pin - retained by a screw from underneath or by a spring loaded push button latch?
The screw is the early version.
If you can get the serial number, there is lots of information to date the piece. Numbers should be matching, of course.
Black grips could be original gutta percha.
You really need to examine it in good light, make notes of the details.
For $3250 it better be all original, correct in all details. Any US mark by any chance? Barrel length?
In .45, it is restricted, of course.
 
Photo's would be nice but as you say unavailable so the next best thing in a Colts SA is the serial # for a "ball park evaluation. If the one you are looking at is a BP frame gun then, from your condition description, $3250 would be considered a "steal" to a lot of collectors. If it is Smokeless frame but still 1st gen then the price is "ball park but still could be a shade low". For a 2nd gen in that shape price is again Ball park to a bit high. If it's a 3rg gen then the price could be 1/2 the asking and not out of place.
 
45colt would be restricted. Regardless of year of manufacture. An obsolete shofield, or british 45 of sort, like a boxer or eley .450/.455 would be considered about the only antique 45-ish variants. That's more/less the antique qualification for 45's ... and original colt saa boxers & eley's can run an awful lot higher than $3500. Double that, plus. They're rare and long, long gone, so highly sought after. Throw in a Colt in one of those calibers that has British proof markings or some unique shipt-to location when the thing was new, and to the moon prices can go.

That's the thing with Colts, you never know what you might have. They been around so long, there could be provenance to them that a person doesn't realize at just a glance or by worded question on one, through here-say. Pictures, serial #'s, or in-hand is about the only way to begin to tell much.
 
I have to attend a funeral but i`ll definately check and see if it`s still for sale when i get back. Some provenance would be nice, but i`ll check markings and whatnot. Nothing stood out but then i wasn`t really looking.
I`m not particularly interested in buying an antique i won`t really want to shoot, and not be able to do so in the back 40
 
You can do a quick look on the serial on colt's website to find out when it was produced: https://www.colt.com/serial-lookup
And for a fee they can look through their archives and write a factory letter with the original configuration (caliber, barrel length) and shipping date

But in 45 colt it will be the same as any other restricted, so you would only be buying it for collector's value; and $3250 is a hell of a lot to pay for a story without documented provenance.
If you're looking for a shooter restricted 45 SAA you can get a brand new Uberti cattleman for a quarter of that price
 
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