COLT FRONTIER SIX SHOOTER ( 44/40) COLT FACTORY LETTER 1885 MONTGOMERY WARDS

I RECALL FROM MANY HISTORICAL SOURCES AND KNOWLEDGEABLE HISTORIANS, IT WAS SAID,” ONLY TWO BOOKS WERE READ DAILY ON THE WESTERN FRONTIER”. THE HOLY BIBLE AND THE MONTGOMERY WARDS CATALOGUE. IN FACT IT WAS NOTED DUE TO SHORTAGE OF EDUCATIONAL BOOKS, SOME TIMES THE MONTGOMERY WARDS CATALOGUE WERE USED TO TEACH READING/ SPELLING IN FRONTIER SCHOOLS. THIS SINGLE ACTION SERIAL NUMBER 10972X WAS SHIPPED BY COLT TO MONTGOMERY WARDS ON OCTOBER 15, 1885, a 7-1/2 INCH BARREL, 44/40 CALIBER, NICKEL FINISH AND RUBBER GRIPS ( OF COURSE IN 1885 EAGLE GRIPS WERE STANDARD. HOWEVER, THIS WAS JUST THE BEGINNING FOR THIS COLT. JUDGING BY IT’S  APPEARNCE CREATED BY CONTINUED USE. THE ORIGINAL FACTORY NICKEL FINISH IS NOT PRESENT. PERHAPS .001 % IN SMALL SPOTS CAN BE SEEN. IT IS A PATINA COLT THE PATINA IS ALL ORIGINAL, NO CLEANING OR BUFFING, ALL ORIGINAL 141 YEARS OF NATURAL PATINA FROM USE. IT IS A SMOOTH MEDIUM GRAY. ALL FACTORY APPLIED MARKINGS ARE STILL CLEAR AND PRESENT: ONE LINE BARREL ADDRESS, CALIBER ON SHOULDER OF TRIGGER GUARD. ALL MATCHING SERIAL NUMBERS, FRAME PATENTS ALL PARTS ARE FACTORY 1885 ORIGINAL, INCLUDING THE EAGLE HARD RUBBER GRIPS. THIS CFSS SAW  REGULAR USE, AS THE GRIPS SHOW WEAR FROM THE HAND, SMOOTHNESS, AND CHECKERING WEAR THE WHOLE REVOLVER SHOWS USE WEAR, AS THE NICKEL FINISH IS ALSO ONLY PATINA I SAY USE, NOT ABUSE, JUST NORMAL WEAR. SCREW HEAD SLOTS ARE CLEAN AND LACK TOOL MARK DAMAGE. MOST IMPORTANT: THE WORKING ACTION IS 100% CORRECT, ALL HAMMER NOTCHES, CYLINDER ROTATION, INDEXES, LOCKS TIGHT. NO MECHAINICAL ISSUES !! JUDGING BY THE USE OF THIS REVOLVER, I WOULD SAY IT WAS SENT BY MONTGOMERY WARDS TO THE WESTERN FRONTIER WHERE SOME ONE ORDERED IT FROM THE CATALOGUE.