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KevinKeith

Registered: 08/09/09
Posts: 2 		08/24/09 at 08:25 PM

1st generation SAA .357 with King short action job and King sights.  Super rare from what the experts tell me.  I have a request in to Colt for a factory letter.  It has the original box which is for a 7 1/2" SAA.  Rollmark reads "Colt Single Action Army .357", no "magnum" wording which indicates an original 1st gen. .357.  This sixgun's authenticity speaks for itself.  #357274 same on frame and grip frame.

EK probably would have converted it to another .44 Special but I'm OK with a "puny" .357!

The King sights and short action job along with the "cockeyed" hammer are alone worth the price of the gun IMHO.  Trigger is wide and hand checked as is the hammer.  I understand Dean King did each of these by hand,  Enjoy (even though I do not even rate as a rank amature photogropher)!

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Original box close up

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Full photo of box

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Note the original hammer spur imprint.

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Showing short action throw

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About 70 years too late to register for the warranty

ChrisO

Registered: 01/03/09
Posts: 140 		08/25/09 at 02:42 AM

KEVIN,  THAT LOOKS LIKE A ONCE IN A "TWO" LIFE-TIME FIND !    THATS THE PRETTIEST COLT I HAVE EVER SEEN IN MY LIFE BY FAR. 
WE'LL NEVER KNOW FOR SURE WHAT ELMER THINKS...BUT I SURE LIKE IT !!!
CHRIS
P.S.  YOUR PHOTO SKILLS ARE WONDERFUL !

albroswift

Registered: 06/02/08
Posts: 581 		08/25/09 at 05:35 AM

Thanks for the photos. Very nice!

Jamesfromjersey

Registered: 02/21/09
Posts: 88 		08/25/09 at 01:57 PM

She`s a beauty.......

gunsmith

Registered: 07/06/08
Posts: 73 		10/14/09 at 06:58 PM

Making custom handguns, I wish I could turn out a job like that. Answers questions I had about fitting a Smith sight to a Colt. Only a milling machine needed. I really like the offset hammer. This is a piece of art, with a purpose. Elmer would have grinned ear to ear, and probably pulled another one out of the secret hiding place he had to have.(we all do). What ever you paid for it, you got a bargain. 

das75

Registered: 01/19/10
Posts: 2 		01/24/10 at 02:55 PM

Those pictures make my heart go pitter patter! What a find you have there!

Big lead makes em' dead!