The Colt M1873 Single Action Army/ Peacemaker was a single action revolver designed for the U.S. Government by Colt. The revolvers were adopted as the U.S. Army standard military service revolver until 1892 and were favoured by Early Law Enforcement Officers. The Colt Buntline Special was a long-barreled variant of the Colt Single Action Army revolver, which Stuart N. Lake described in his best-selling but largely fictionalized 1931 biography, Wyatt Earp: Frontier Marshal. According to Lake, the dime novelist Ned Buntline commissioned the production of five Buntline Specials. Lake described them as extra-long Colt Single Action Army revolvers. The Colt design lives on today in the form of quality firearms quality blank firing pistols true to the original Colt pistols, made in a variety of calibres from Italian manufacturers such as Pedersoli, Uberti, Pietta and Euroarms. This large frame Pietta Colt Buntline blank firing .380 / 9mm blank calibre revolver is side gate loading and has a captive ejector rod. The pistol retains all of its original blue & colour case hardened factory finish. It has undamaged wood grips. It has a 7 ½” barrel with blade foresight and the rear sight is a groove on top of the cylinder frame. The pistol measures 13” overall. The barrel is marked ‘.380’(blank calibre) & by the maker ‘Pietta Made In Italy’). The pistol has 1871 -1872 patent detail as found on original Colt revolvers. The pistols serial number is E140171 which is stamped on the underside of the frame. The pistol is correctly side venting and has off set cylinders. Its loading, firing action & ejecting mechanisms work correctly. The price for this attractive large frame piece includes UK delivery. Sn 23848:82
£495.00