Posted on 11/27/2013 4:53:13 PM PST by Red in Blue PA
The frame at least started off as a U.S. Army revolver. Note the “U.S.” stamp. Maybe the whole pistol as it does have a 7 1/2” barrel in .45 Colt caliber. Could have been rejected by the Army inspector and Colt resold it. They gun has been nickle plated and fitted with Ivory grips.
And that is why my dad had me shooting at age 6
From one markswoman to another, “Atta girl!”
It's tough, and especially so with "Jesse James" guns. From what I've heard, the problem is that Jesse appears to have used several different guns during his career, for one thing. But even so there are way too many guns out there that all appear to have good provenance. Hundreds of guns. It seems so that Jesse's next of kin made something of a cottage industry out of auctioning off pistols that they claimed belonged to Jesse. They can't all be legitimate. So... The market for -real- Jesse James memorabilia is forever polluted. That's probably why that gun didn't sell.
Ditto. I’ve got a thing for those old single action revolvers.
Guess it didn’t do as well as they hoped, though. ;)
I wanted it.
“Dead Wood”, the best TV show ever! I could kill that he went on to do that stupid surfer series.
That big gun didn’t look cut down at all.
I bet Bonnie and Clyde’s guns would sell well.
The gun's intrinsic value is tied to the owner. You sound like someone who has a seeming clever thought and can't wait to get it out before you actually think the thought through.
My first pistol was a Colt .45
Called a “Peacemaker”. I never knew why.
I didn’t know. I didn’t understand.
Momma said the pistol was the Devil’s right hand.
“Devil’s Right Hand” written by Steve Earle, performed by many country artists. Available on youtube. I like Waylon Jennings version.
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