Details
A .38 COLT SINGLE ACTION ARMY REVOLVER, NO. 318496
Sighted barrel with two-line address, original nickel plated finish (much flaking and subsequent light staining), mother-of-pearl grips with sunken medallions, right panel carved in very high relief steer head motif
4¾ inch (12 cm.) barrel
.38 Colt cartridge
Flaking to nickel and light stining as noted, fore-sight shortened, mechanically excellent.
This gun is purported to have belonged to Sheriff Lorenzo Delgado of Las Vegas, New Mexico. Pictured on page 252 of Visions and listed as a ".45 long caliber", this revolver is .38 Colt.
Sighted barrel with two-line address, original nickel plated finish (much flaking and subsequent light staining), mother-of-pearl grips with sunken medallions, right panel carved in very high relief steer head motif
4¾ inch (12 cm.) barrel
.38 Colt cartridge
Flaking to nickel and light stining as noted, fore-sight shortened, mechanically excellent.
This gun is purported to have belonged to Sheriff Lorenzo Delgado of Las Vegas, New Mexico. Pictured on page 252 of Visions and listed as a ".45 long caliber", this revolver is .38 Colt.
Literature
Baldridge, Melissa, Visions of the West, Gibbs-Smith Publishers, Salt Lake City, 1999, page 252.