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19AB-100 COLT ROOT #214

Currency:USD Category:Firearms & Military Start Price:530.00 USD Estimated At:1,750.00 - 3,500.00 USD
19AB-100 COLT ROOT #214
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Colt Model 1A 1855 Sidehammer Pocket “Root” spur trigger revolver, presentation cased with accessories, .28 caliber, 3.5” barrel, Hartford barrel address without pointing hand motif, cabin and Indian cylinder scene,blued finish, wood grips, S/N 214 (on butt strap, cylinder and underside of barrel; also #979 stamped in front of 214 on the butt strap). Overall very good to fine condition displaying majority of original blued andcase hardened finish; traces of muted case colors on the hammer and rammer; majority of cylinder scene remains; working action, very good markings, near fine wood grips with majority of original finish. The woodpresentation case accompanying this gun is in overall very good + condition with a working key for this case, a Colt’s Patent brass bullet mold, a Colt’s Patent brass powder flask, a wood handled screwdriver, an emptyEley Bros. cap tin and several lead balls. Provenance: The award winning Colt Collector’s Association member Malcolm R. Burnette Collection and author of “A Collector’s Guide to The Colt Root