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20TT-5 R.N.W.M.P MRKD COLT NEW SERVICE

Currency:USD Category:Firearms & Military Start Price:270.00 USD
20TT-5 R.N.W.M.P MRKD COLT NEW SERVICE
SOLD
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This item SOLD at 2020 Aug 15 @ 15:52UTC-7 : PDT/MST
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R.N.W.M.P. marked Colt New Service DA revolver, .44 Russian/S&W caliber, 4 ½” barrel, blued finish, checkered hard rubber Colt grips, lanyard ring, Serial #61768. The pistol is in very good overall conditionwith the butt strap marked, “MP” and the back strap marked, “R.N.W.M.P. 9.0.3” which indicates correct stamping for the Royal Northwest Mounted Police; factory re-barreled. The pistol has a crisp action,very good bore and grips with sharp markings and nearly all of the finish remaining. The lot includes a Colt factory letter indicating the pistol was shipped to Thos. Birkett and Sons in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada on September1, 1914 in a shipment of 150 guns. The letter indicates the pistol shipped with a 5 ½” barrel in .455 caliber. Additionally, the pistol is listed in Phillips and Klancher’s book on the Mounted Police 1873-1973 ashaving been shipped to the R.N.W.M.P. on September 1, 1914 by Birkett and Sons. A neat WWI era Mountie pistol from the Great White North. Est.: $900-$1,800. (C+R/PPT).