COLORADO USE : S&W 1st MODEL DOUBLE ACTION REVOLVER of 1881 / FACTORY ENGRAVED, R.T. FRAZIER HOLSTER

QUITE A UNIQUE S&W 1ST MODEL DOUBLE ACTION , FACTORY ENGRAVED WITH A HIGH PROBABILITY OF THE HAND OF OTTO BODENSTEIN . THIS 19th CENTURY ENGRAVER APPLIED HIS CRAFT FOR SEVERAL MANUFACTURERS, COLT, S&W AND MOST KNOWN FOR HIS MERWIN REVOLVER ENGRAVINGS. THE S&W HAS TRADITIONAL NEW YORK STYLE WITH HIGHLIGHTS OF HIS “PERSONAL”STYLE OF “PUNCH DOT” AND PANEL SCENES. IN THIS CASE, THE DIAGONAL BAND ON EACH FRAME BEHIND THE RECOIL SHIELDS, AND THE SERPENTINE LINES WITH DOTS BELOW THE CYLINDER ON THE FRAME. THE BALANCE BEING TRADITIONAL NEW YORK STYLE OF FLORAL LINE AND SCROLL PATTERNS. THE 1st MODEL HAS THE “FREE FLOATING” GROOVES ON THE CYLINDER WHICH SERVED AS A SAFETY FEATURE TO PREVENT ACCIDENTAL DISCHARGE, THIS FEATURED DISAPPEARED IN LATER MODELS. APPROXIMATELY 55% OF THE ORIGINAL FACTORY NICKEL PLATING IS PRESENT, THE BALANCE A SOFT GRAY PATINA, ALL ORIGINAL AND UNTOUCHED. MOST OF THE CASE CLOR HARDENING IS STILL ON THE HAMMER, AND THE TRIGGER GUARD HAS DARKENED ORIGINAL BLUE. MECHANICALLY, THE REVOLVER HAS 100% CORRECT WORKING ACTION **** BOTH ON SINGLE AND DOUBLE ACTION FIRING MODES. THIS FIRST MODEL IS HIGHLIGHTED WITH 2 UNIQUE FEATURES: IT HAS THE ORIGINAL MOTHER OF PEARL GRIPS, IN PERFECT CONDITION WITH A WONDERFUFL AGED COLOR ! THE S&W COMES WITH IT’S ORIGINAL HOLSTER….SURELY BECAUSE IT IS FOR A FIVE INCH BARREL 1 THIS S&W SERIAL No. 182x ( A EARLY PRODUCTION REVOLVER) HAS THE FIVE INCH BARREL. THAT WAS AN UNCOMMON LENGTH, AS MOST ALL WERE 5-1/2 OR LONGER.THE HOLSTER IS CARTOUCHED: R. T. FRAZIER, PUEBLO , COLO. A VERY KNOWN AND PRESTEGIOUS MAKER. SO, HERE WE HAVE A COLORADO CARRIED S&W DOUBLE ACTION, AND IT WAS INDEED CARRIED !! SHOWING, YES, IT WAS A POPUALR MODEL ON THE WESTERN FRONTIER OF THE 1880’S.