Early Triple Lock....price check.UPDATE S&W LETTER...
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Will do....
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Holy Moly!!
Hey, I saw the chump first!...Let me know when you want to double your money.
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Great gun and one I’d be tickled to own.
fleabus101
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It might be sacrilegious to some, but if I owned it, I would mix up some blue wenol, little 3 N 1 oil , and some oxphoblue and help the finish on it. To me and prob many a yr from now it wouldn't matter to the next owner that would want it.
I believe it would look a lot better for me..
I believe it would look a lot better for me..
I have always been told that the 7 1/2" barrels were numbered around a dozen. Also, the majority of them were for close friends and family. May be rumor or not. Please post the letter when you get it! Awesome find.
Mine shipped to a major retailer, E K Tryon, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Eddie Southgate
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Congratulations .
Twice that would have been an excellent deal. Maybe there's hope for me yet !
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Mrcvs....
Thinking the same..
If shipped in 1910 or 1911 I suspect it went to where
folks lived.
Be surprised if it shipped West of the Mississippi.
Thinking the same..
If shipped in 1910 or 1911 I suspect it went to where
folks lived.
Be surprised if it shipped West of the Mississippi.
CptCurl
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Received the S&W letter today...
Guess I will start bangin around on the computer
and see if I can come with anything on Mr. Davis.
Post number 28 of this thread may have the right info.
Guess I will start bangin around on the computer
and see if I can come with anything on Mr. Davis.
Post number 28 of this thread may have the right info.
CV Davis
I have been researching a "C V Davis" from the Massachusetts newspapers from the 1910 era.
This is what I have so far....A mention of a "C V Davis" in regards to being assigned as a Postmaster of "Millers Falls" Massachusetts in 1899...Millers Falls is in the Springfield MA area, so this could be why the no address listed.
I also see a "land judge" being listed as a "CV Davis" during that same timeframe, but I am getting conflicting information on the middle initial.
See attached and stand by...
I have been researching a "C V Davis" from the Massachusetts newspapers from the 1910 era.
This is what I have so far....A mention of a "C V Davis" in regards to being assigned as a Postmaster of "Millers Falls" Massachusetts in 1899...Millers Falls is in the Springfield MA area, so this could be why the no address listed.
I also see a "land judge" being listed as a "CV Davis" during that same timeframe, but I am getting conflicting information on the middle initial.
See attached and stand by...
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Many Thanks..
A "Mrs. C V Davis" took a trip to the Mediterranean and the Holy Land in 1909 with other local ladies...This was certainly a family who was upper crust with disposable income.
ETA:....Mention of "C V Davis" as "Judge of the Land Court" circa 1911.
ETA:....Mention of "C V Davis" as "Judge of the Land Court" circa 1911.
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Thanks for the research.
Good news is the gun is original.
Alot of times with guns this old all the shipping information
will come to a long out of business hardware store gun shop etc..
Least this one provided a name.
How it got to Texas we will never know.
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The new way to order a S&W letter is great.
10 day turnaround time.
Good news is the gun is original.
Alot of times with guns this old all the shipping information
will come to a long out of business hardware store gun shop etc..
Least this one provided a name.
How it got to Texas we will never know.
Sidebar:
The new way to order a S&W letter is great.
10 day turnaround time.
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I think you are mistaken.
Davis was appointed postmaster of Bedford, MA, not Millers Falls.
E.M. Ward was appointed to Millers Falls.
What is the connection for this pic? >>>
I think you are mistaken.
Davis was appointed postmaster of Bedford, MA, not Millers Falls.
E.M. Ward was appointed to Millers Falls.
What is the connection for this pic? >>>
That was to show the date of the newspaper clipping...The small clip I posted gave no point of date reference, so I clipped the top of the page with the date visible.
I saw that name as well and I couldn't decide whether it was before the semicolon or after....However, I think the newspaper made a typo anyway. The USPS actually still has records of their postmasters of some post offices, and the MA records go WAY back. That name is incorrect according to USPS....They say it was Carlos C. Davis, not "V"...See attached pic.
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Strangely enough, those grips must have been a custom grip for several makes and models. Here's an engraved Colt SAA that sold with a pair almost identical:
COLT SAA ANTIQUE W/ CARVED STEER HEAD MOTHER OF PEARL GRIPS - 41 CAL. SHIPPED TO SCHUYLER HARTLEY &GRAHAM N.Y.C. IN 1889
COLT SAA ANTIQUE W/ CARVED STEER HEAD MOTHER OF PEARL GRIPS - 41 CAL. SHIPPED TO SCHUYLER HARTLEY &GRAHAM N.Y.C. IN 1889
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