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Fortunately, all the original documents that Marshal Max included with the gun when he sent it off for auction, have remained with this Custom SAA. That's indeed very special, since the gun was commissioned over 21 years ago. There are over 36 pages of various documents that include; The original Colt Factory Letter for this Engraved SAA serial no. TMO1, (Tombstone Marshal's Office), Marshal Max Hurlbut's original order for this Custom Colt outlining his wants, several quotations for the job as details were updated and finalized over the many months, the original Colt invoice for the work when the gun was completed, a thank you letter to Colt and to George Spring from Marshal Max complimenting their service, a magazine article about George Spring's engraving - signed by George Spring to: Marshal Max Hurlbut, an autographed copy of the book " Tombstone Lawmen" book no. 7 of 500, signed by the author to: Marshal Max Hurlbut, copies of the "Hole in the Wall Gun Shop FFL, copies of checks sent to Colt for the guns payment, and three 8x10 photos of the completed gun. In addition, there are, several newspaper clippings detailing Marshal Max Hurlbut's clean-up of the corrupt Tombstone Marshal Office, the reason he was hired for the job as Marshal, and many other interesting documents.

Documents show the total time for this Custom build, from the day of the quote request, to the day of receiving the gun, was 1 year, 10 months, and 1 day.

Needless to say, I'm very pleased to have such complete provenance about this gun. There are too many items to picture, but I've shown a few for your interest.

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Here are a couple of photos showing Tombstone Marshal Max Hurlbut, wearing his Custom Colt. The second photo shows his Deputy Marshalls and Dispatcher.

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