REVOLVER
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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- COLT NEW POLICE 38
- Date Range From
- 1905
- Date Range To
- 1915
- Materials
- STEEL (BLUED), BAKELITE
- Catalogue Number
- P19820015000
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- COLT NEW POLICE 38
- Date Range From
- 1905
- Date Range To
- 1915
- Materials
- STEEL (BLUED), BAKELITE
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Length
- 10.1 (BARREL)
- Description
- S/N 342. 6 SHOT CYLINDER. .38 CAL., PATENT DATES AUG. 5, 1884, JUNE 5, 1900, JULY 4,1905 (ON BARREL). DOUBLE ACTION REVOLVER WITH "COLT NEW POLICE 38" AND "COLT PT. F.A. MFG. CO. HARTFORD, CT., U.S.A." AND PATENT DATED STAMPED ON BARREL. "COLT'S NEW POLICE" AND REARING HORSE STAMPED ON LEFT SIDE OF FRAME. 5 NOTCHES AND NUMEROUS SMALLER NOTCHES FILED INTO TOP RIGHT EDGE OF FRAME. BLUEING WORN ON BARREL, PROBABLY FROM A HOLSTER. CORNER OF RIGHT GRIP MISSING, BOTH GRIPS EMBOSSED "COLT". ALL PARTS APPEAR ORIGINAL.
- Subjects
- ARMAMENT-FIREARM
- Historical Association
- LEISURE
- History
- ORIGINALLY OWNED BY SYD RUSSELL WHO WORKED FOR CITY OF LETHBRIDGE. THEN LATER PARTNER WITH HARRY HEARNE, AS OWNERS OF CITY ABATTOIR ON 43RD STREET SOUTH. NOTCHES IN REVOLVER RELATE TO MEN KILLED IN MEXICO BY SYD RUSSELL IN A DANCEHALL FIGHT. REFER TO ATTACHED HISTORY & TAPE.
- Catalogue Number
- P19820015000
- Acquisition Date
- 1981-06
- Collection
- Museum
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