^Lot 2336 Two Colt Model 1877 Lightning Double Action Revolvers with Factory Letters -A) Colt Model 1877 Light

Two Colt Model 1877 Lightning Double Action Revolvers with Factory Letters -A) Colt Model 1877 Lightning Revolver


Two Colt Model 1877 Lightning Double Action Revolvers with Factory Letters -A) Colt Model 1877 Lightning Revolver
One of 100 sold to Hon. Silas Bent (previously a flag lieutenant on the expedition to Japan under Matthew C. Perry) of St. Louis and shipped to William Read & Sons in Boston, Massachusetts, on June 8, 1878, in this configuration.

Manufacture: Colt
Model: Lightning
BBL: 3 1/2 inch round
Stock:
Gauge: 38 Colt
Finish: nickel
Grips: hard rubber
Serial Number: 7561

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B) Colt Model 1877 Lightning Revolver
The factory letter confirms it was part of a ten gun shipment in the current configuration to J. P. Moores Sons in New York City on July 29, 1880.

Manufacture: Colt
Model: Lightning
BBL: 3 1/2 inch round
Stock:
Gauge: 38 Colt
Finish: nickel
Grips: hard rubber
Serial Number: 25168

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