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holding a auction sunday, for a colt revolver with excellent documentation attribution the gun to bat masterson. He evidently bought the gun directly from the company.
would appear to have I think ivory grips. they are anticipating for the 1882 gun a price range of $80000 to 120000.
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Rumor has it, Masterson was the first to request a 4 5/8" from the Colt factory, thus creating the trend.

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Originally Posted by GunGeek
Rumor has it, Masterson was the first to request a 4 5/8" from the Colt factory, thus creating the trend.



I read "someplace or other" that one of the Colt's he ordered had a 4" barrel and ejector rod assembly shortened to match. I don't remember where exactly I'd read that, but I thought it was quite odd at the time. I mean, why bother with 5/8" difference over a factory option?


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Late in life, when sports writing didn't pay well, he'd go to a store and buy a used Colt and sell it as a gun he carried in the hey-day. There are lots of Bat Masterson Colts in private collections.


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Originally Posted by Dan_Chamberlain
Late in life, when sports writing didn't pay well, he'd go to a store and buy a used Colt and sell it as a gun he carried in the hey-day. There are lots of Bat Masterson Colts in private collections.


You're correct, Dan. I've read accounts where Masterson bought a bunch of old Colts at pawn shops for a couple bucks each.

By the way, boys and girls, the length of the barrel on the Colt's Single Action Frontier Model was/is 4¾" , not 4 5/8".

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Originally Posted by Leanwolf
Originally Posted by Dan_Chamberlain
Late in life, when sports writing didn't pay well, he'd go to a store and buy a used Colt and sell it as a gun he carried in the hey-day. There are lots of Bat Masterson Colts in private collections.


You're correct, Dan. I've read accounts where Masterson bought a bunch of old Colts at pawn shops for a couple bucks each.

By the way, boys and girls, the length of the barrel on the Colt's Single Action Frontier Model was/is 4¾" , not 4 5/8".

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true but if they have documentation from one he ordered personally from the factory the dates will tell if its one he truly likely used.


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I've seen the letter for the one he ordered directly. I can't recall the date on it, but tend to think it was after his lawman days, but my old brain isn't processing as well as it did in years past.


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Originally Posted by RoninPhx
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holding a auction sunday, for a colt revolver with excellent documentation attribution the gun to bat masterson. He evidently bought the gun directly from the company.
would appear to have I think ivory grips. they are anticipating for the 1882 gun a price range of $80000 to 120000.
I need a small loan.
Supposedly he ordered several identical guns. The quote I've always read had him requesting the barrel to be about the same length as the ejector-not a specific measurement and asking for "Gutta Percha grips". A friend of mine owned one of these guns at one time. Based on that, I'd say that dollar figure is too conservative by about half.

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Originally Posted by RoninPhx
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I need a small loan.



whew glad you said small, since I've only $5 to donate to the cause.


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Originally Posted by Leanwolf
Originally Posted by Dan_Chamberlain
Late in life, when sports writing didn't pay well, he'd go to a store and buy a used Colt and sell it as a gun he carried in the hey-day. There are lots of Bat Masterson Colts in private collections.


You're correct, Dan. I've read accounts where Masterson bought a bunch of old Colts at pawn shops for a couple bucks each.

By the way, boys and girls, the length of the barrel on the Colt's Single Action Frontier Model was/is 4¾" , not 4 5/8".

L.W.



Yep, I had Ruger on the brain, there......


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