HERE WE HAVE A VERY, VERY SCARCE COLT SINGLE ACTION, CHAMBERED IN .32 COLT CALIBER, ONE OF ONLY 192 EVER MANUFACTURED. PLUS THIS COLT HAS TWO FACTORY LETTERS, AND A POTENTIALLY UNIQUE HISTORICAL BACKGROUND WITH IT’S OWNER, WHO MADE HEADLINES NATION WIDE . SERIAL No. 125692 APPEARS , JUST AS IT DOES IN THE FACTORY LETTERS. 5-1/2 INCH BARREL, NICKEL, EAGLE HARD RIBBER GRIPS, .32 COLT CALIBER . THIS COLT HAS ALL THE ORIGINALLY FACTORY MARKINGS, WHICH ARE CLEARLY LEGIBLE: BARREL ADDRESS, FRAME PATENTS, CALIBER MARKING, ALL MATCHING SERIAL NUMBERS IN CORRECT LOCATIONS. IT HAS ABOUT 45%+ORIGINAL NICKEL FINISH, THE BALANCE IS A DARKER PATINA IN SOME LOCATIONS. NOT DIMINISHING THE APPEARNCE OF THIS RARE COLT !THE COLT ORIGINALL SHIPPED TO SCHOVERLING DALY & GALES NY IN 1891. THEN AGAIN ! IN 1895, THE 2ND TIME FOR A INDIVIDUAL CUSTOMER, A MR. E.L. BURDICK. THE COLT WAS MANUFACTURED IN 1888, NOT SHIPPING THE FIRST TIME UNTIL1891. I FIRMLY BELIEVE IT WAS THE UNIQUE CALIBER .32 COLT. I BELIVE THE DEMND WAS PROBABLY SMALL FOR A SINGLE ACTION IN THIS CALIBER. THE .45, 44, AND 38/40 WERE IN HIGH DEMAND. THE BUYER WENT ON TO NATIONAL HEADLINES, AS MR. BURDICK WAS MURDERED MOST GRUESOMELY IN HIS HOME IN BUFFALO, NY. HE WAS A WEALTHY MAN, BUT SEEMED TO HAVE DOMESTIC PROBLEMS . WITH THIS SALE, COMES THE FACTORY LETTERS AND A LARGE IMAGE OF BURDICK, PLUS, COPIES OF PERIOD NEWSPAER STORIES. IT MADE NATIONAL HEADLINES !
I WOULD GUESS, THERE ARE FEW TO NONE !!! SINGLE ACTIONS IN .32 COLT AVAILABLE TO THE COLLECTOR, PARTICULARLY WITH THIS THIS HIGHLY CHARGED BACKGROUND.