Description
Item Description
Bryant Ridge Auction Company is pleased to present this Limited Edition single-action revolver today for a penny-start auction, this is the Colt Single Action Army "Buffalo Bill Centennial Commemorative"!
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In 1983, to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Colonel "Buffalo" Bill Cody's Wild West show, Colt released a special commemorative edition of their Single Action Army revolvers. Only a limited number of these revolvers were ever made, which makes these examples quite rare and collectible!
This particular example bears serial #CCBC0547, which makes it the 547th one to have been produced!
SPECIFICATIONS:
Manufacturer: Colt
Model: Single Action Army
Serial: CBBC0547
Date of Manufacture: 1983
Caliber: .45 Colt
Finish: Blue and Color Case Hardened
Barrel Length: 4 3/4"
Optics/Sights: Fixed Blade Font with Fixed Square Notch Rear
Stock/Grips: Smooth Walnut Grips with Gold Colt medallions
Action: Single-Action
Markings: Standard / The left of the barrel has “Buffalo Bill / Centennial Commemorative” in gold with gold scenes from Bill’s Wild West Show, the right has “BUFFALO BILL’S WILD WEST SHOW / COLT, SINGLE ACTION ARMY, .45 CAL., HARTFORD, CT.” in gold with gold Wild West Show scenes. The outside of the cylinder has gold bands front and rear with a gold bust portrait of Buffalo Bill Cody over “COLONEL / CODY” on banner and Bill Cody on horseback on the opposing side.
Bryant Ridge's Analysis:
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.
The third generation began in 1976, and it was characterized by a change in barrel thread pitch and a solid cylinder bushing replacing the removable/replaceable parts from the first and second generations. This Generation production began with ser. no. 80,000SA, and reached 99,999SA in 1978. At this point, the SA suffix changed to a prefix beginning with SA01,001. Serialization reached SA99,999 in 1993. In 1994, production resumed with the increase in popularity of "Cowboy Action Shooting". These models are known either as "Late Third Generation" or sometimes Fourth Generation with the serial number convention changing yet again starting with S02001A and continuing with the "S" prefix and "A" suffix to 2009. Colt currently offers the Single Action Army in one of two finishes: either an all-nickel or blued with color case-hardened frame; in the traditional three barrel lengths: 4¾", 5½" and 7½"; and six chamberings: 32-20, 38-40, 44-40, .38 Special, 357 Magnum or 45 Colt; a total of 36 variations.
William F. “Buffalo Bill” Cody opened Buffalo Bill’s Wild West show on May 19, 1883 at Omaha, Nebraska. His partner that first season was a dentist and exhibition shooter, Dr. W.F. Carver. Cody and Carver took the show, subtitled “Rocky Mountain and Prairie Exhibition,” across the country to popular acclaim and favorable reviews, launching a genre of outdoor entertainment that thrived for three decades and survived, in fits and starts, for almost three more.
Contents:
This example will ship with the wooden display case with green lining. The owner states that this example remains New Old Stock and we see no evidence to indicate otherwise.
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.
Model: Single Action Army
Serial: CBBC0547
Date of Manufacture: 1983
Caliber: .45 Colt
Finish: Blue and Color Case Hardened
Barrel Length: 4 3/4"
Optics/Sights: Fixed Blade Font with Fixed Square Notch Rear
Stock/Grips: Smooth Walnut Grips with Gold Colt medallions
Action: Single-Action
Markings: Standard / The left of the barrel has “Buffalo Bill / Centennial Commemorative” in gold with gold scenes from Bill’s Wild West Show, the right has “BUFFALO BILL’S WILD WEST SHOW / COLT, SINGLE ACTION ARMY, .45 CAL., HARTFORD, CT.” in gold with gold Wild West Show scenes. The outside of the cylinder has gold bands front and rear with a gold bust portrait of Buffalo Bill Cody over “COLONEL / CODY” on banner and Bill Cody on horseback on the opposing side.
Bryant Ridge's Analysis:
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.
The third generation began in 1976, and it was characterized by a change in barrel thread pitch and a solid cylinder bushing replacing the removable/replaceable parts from the first and second generations. This Generation production began with ser. no. 80,000SA, and reached 99,999SA in 1978. At this point, the SA suffix changed to a prefix beginning with SA01,001. Serialization reached SA99,999 in 1993. In 1994, production resumed with the increase in popularity of "Cowboy Action Shooting". These models are known either as "Late Third Generation" or sometimes Fourth Generation with the serial number convention changing yet again starting with S02001A and continuing with the "S" prefix and "A" suffix to 2009. Colt currently offers the Single Action Army in one of two finishes: either an all-nickel or blued with color case-hardened frame; in the traditional three barrel lengths: 4¾", 5½" and 7½"; and six chamberings: 32-20, 38-40, 44-40, .38 Special, 357 Magnum or 45 Colt; a total of 36 variations.
William F. “Buffalo Bill” Cody opened Buffalo Bill’s Wild West show on May 19, 1883 at Omaha, Nebraska. His partner that first season was a dentist and exhibition shooter, Dr. W.F. Carver. Cody and Carver took the show, subtitled “Rocky Mountain and Prairie Exhibition,” across the country to popular acclaim and favorable reviews, launching a genre of outdoor entertainment that thrived for three decades and survived, in fits and starts, for almost three more.
Contents:
This example will ship with the wooden display case with green lining. The owner states that this example remains New Old Stock and we see no evidence to indicate otherwise.
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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