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#4979 Colt S/A 7-1/2”x45COLT, 16XXX (1875), U.S. Cavalry issued and inspected by Lewis (not to be confused with Lewis Draper, who inspected a year or two later). Good action, but the hammer full-cock notch is worn to where it just will not quite catch on the rearmost position and should be filed slightly to make a positive lock-up. The bore looks somewhat rusty and dirty, but has no serious pitting or bulges; just the usual wear. The exterior has some scattered light to medium pitting in spots (mostly on the cylinder sides and a little on the barrel); the markings are good to very good with a readable italic address. It also has the correct early style ejector housing with the non-removable rod (without first removing the head). The grips are Good+ with a bit more than average wear ….and they have no cartouches remaining. They do not look to be the correct original grips to this revolver, as they fit a bit strong at the forestrap; they also have a small design of some sort in the upper corner on one side as can be seen (hopefully) in the photos. O.K., now the caveats. With so many of these Colt Single Actions having had some degree of restorations and cosmetic enhancements ….especially the Cavalry models, I am reluctant to say this gun is a pure-as-the-driven-snow gun (even with the slightly ill-fitting grips having been excluded). In most cases it seems that SOMETHING of consequence has been done to these highly sought after Cavalrys, and while I am certainly no expert, this gun does look right to me ….but that is ONLY my opinion. It should therefore be considered as possibly being a restored gun (to some degree) and is being priced as such even though I cannot pick a solid reason for saying this, aside of the grips. It is a decent, very early martial revolver and inspected by a very scarce inspector. For the collector who is collecting the rare inspectors, it is a good and rare opportunity to acquire a very desirable Cavalry Single Action at a fraction of what these usually are priced. About Good+/VG as described. $7495

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