Description
Item Description
Bryant Ridge Co. is pleased to present this HISTORIC single-action revolver today for a penny-start auction; this is the Colt Single-Action Army Frontier Six Shooter.
According to the Colt Factory Archives Letter, this Colt Single Action Army Revolver was shipped in the classic .44-40 caliber with a 5 1/2-inch barrel, blue finish, and rubber stocks. The letter documents that this example was shipped on November 11, 1897, to Simmons Hardware Company of St. Louis, Missouri, as part of a 10-gun shipment. The .44-40 chambering is especially desirable among Colt Single Action Army collectors due to its strong Old West association and its shared use with popular Winchester lever-action rifles of the period. With its documented 1897 shipment date, desirable barrel length, blue finish, and shipment to the well-known Simmons Hardware Company, this first-generation Colt SAA represents a historically significant and well-documented black powder-era example.
SPECIFICATIONS:
Manufacturer: Colt
Model: Single Action Army Frontier Six Shooter - First Generation
Serial: 173796
Date of Manufacture: 1897
Caliber: .44-40 Winchester
Finish: Blued / Patina
Barrel Length: 5.5"
Optics/Sights: Frame Notched Rear w/ Fixed Blade Front
Stock/Grips: Synthetic Checkered Two-Piece Grips
Action: Single-Action
Markings: Standard
Bryant Ridge's Analysis:
According to the included factory letter this Colt was sold to W. R. Burkhard in St. Paul, Minnesota. It was shipped to Farwell, Ozmun, Kirk & Company in St. Paul Minnesota. There was a total of 1 gun in this shipment. The Colt Single Action Army (also known as the Model P, Peacemaker, M1873, Single Action Army, SAA, ) is a single action revolver with a revolving cylinder holding six metallic cartridges. It was designed for the U.S. government service revolver trials of 1873 by Colt's Patent Firearms Manufacturing Company, today Colt’s Manufacturing Company, and adopted as the standard military service revolver until 1892. It is perhaps the most copied, fraudulently modified to replicate an original Colt SAA, than any other revolver made. At the beginning of World War II, Colt ceased production of the Single Action Army revolver to devote more time to filling orders for the war. When the war ended, no plans were made to revive the Single Action Army revolver as the design was seen as obsolete. However the advent of television and Western-themed movies created customer demand for the revolver, so Colt resumed manufacture in 1956 with the Second Generation line of Single Action Army revolvers. From 1873 through 1940 (with small numbers assembled during and after World War II, the so called "Pre-War, Post-War" model), production of the Colt Single Action Army reached 357,859. This is identified as the "Pre War" or "First Generation" of the model. Calibers, at least thirty in all, ranged from .22 rimfire through .476 Eley, with approximately half, or 158,884 (including Bisley and Flat Top Target variations), chambered for .45 Colt. The next most prevalent were the .44-40 Winchester Center fire (WCF) at 71,392; 38-40 (38 WCF) at 50,520; 32-20 Winchester (32 WCF) at 43,284 and, the 41 Colt at 19,676.
Contents:
Model: Single Action Army Frontier Six Shooter - First Generation
Serial: 173796
Date of Manufacture: 1897
Caliber: .44-40 Winchester
Finish: Blued / Patina
Barrel Length: 5.5"
Optics/Sights: Frame Notched Rear w/ Fixed Blade Front
Stock/Grips: Synthetic Checkered Two-Piece Grips
Action: Single-Action
Markings: Standard
Bryant Ridge's Analysis:
According to the included factory letter this Colt was sold to W. R. Burkhard in St. Paul, Minnesota. It was shipped to Farwell, Ozmun, Kirk & Company in St. Paul Minnesota. There was a total of 1 gun in this shipment. The Colt Single Action Army (also known as the Model P, Peacemaker, M1873, Single Action Army, SAA, ) is a single action revolver with a revolving cylinder holding six metallic cartridges. It was designed for the U.S. government service revolver trials of 1873 by Colt's Patent Firearms Manufacturing Company, today Colt’s Manufacturing Company, and adopted as the standard military service revolver until 1892. It is perhaps the most copied, fraudulently modified to replicate an original Colt SAA, than any other revolver made. At the beginning of World War II, Colt ceased production of the Single Action Army revolver to devote more time to filling orders for the war. When the war ended, no plans were made to revive the Single Action Army revolver as the design was seen as obsolete. However the advent of television and Western-themed movies created customer demand for the revolver, so Colt resumed manufacture in 1956 with the Second Generation line of Single Action Army revolvers. From 1873 through 1940 (with small numbers assembled during and after World War II, the so called "Pre-War, Post-War" model), production of the Colt Single Action Army reached 357,859. This is identified as the "Pre War" or "First Generation" of the model. Calibers, at least thirty in all, ranged from .22 rimfire through .476 Eley, with approximately half, or 158,884 (including Bisley and Flat Top Target variations), chambered for .45 Colt. The next most prevalent were the .44-40 Winchester Center fire (WCF) at 71,392; 38-40 (38 WCF) at 50,520; 32-20 Winchester (32 WCF) at 43,284 and, the 41 Colt at 19,676.
Contents:
This example will ship with Factory Colt Archives Letter.
Return Policy:
We gladly offer a 3-day unfired inspection policy from the time that the firearm is delivered to your FFL. Refunds are available for all qualifying orders.
Return Policy:
We gladly offer a 3-day unfired inspection policy from the time that the firearm is delivered to your FFL. Refunds are available for all qualifying orders.
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Return Policy
We gladly offer a 3 day unfired inspection policy from the time that the firearm is delivered to your FFL. Refunds are available for all qualifying orders.
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Additional Information
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https://www.gunbroker.com/item/1193449447 |
BidPrice: |
0.01 |
AuctionEndDate: |
2026-08-16 22:00:00 |
CurrentBid: |
605 |
SoldOutTime: |
2026-08-16 18:01:56 |
