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Colt used several different warranty cards in the late 1950's into the early 1960's. The #3246 card was used in the late 1950's and is shown in a photo on page 31 of Don Wilkerson's book "The Post-War Colt Single Action Revolver" (first edition, 1978). A similar card is shown on page 200 of Doug Shelton's book "Colt's Super .38" although has number "TBS-555-50M" on it. Colt also used two versions of a card numbered W-100; one was white with blue print and the other was white with red print. I have several new in the box Frontier Scout revolvers from right around 1960 that came to me with the white/red W-100 cards. Some early second generation Single Action Army revolvers are known to have been shipped with white/blue W-100 cards. There was also a M-300 card (white with blue print). I don't know when that one was used; I've only seen one example. If you have John Ogle's new book on Colt paper, the W-100 card is shown on page 438 and is the first one in the upper left-hand corner of the page. The #3246 card is shown directly to it's right.
Sometime in the early 1960's, these cards were superseded by a three-part fold-out card that had no number. It was white with red printing. It is shown in Doug Shelton's Super .38 book on page 200 along with the TBS-555-50M card.
About 1968, the WC-68 card was introduced and was used in a variety of colors for quite a few years.
Your pistol would also have been shipped with a little pamphlet called "Handling the Handgun" and would probably have a form number of A-247. These were white with black printing. The A-247 pamphlet is shown on page 31 of Don Wilkerson's book mentioned above.
The National Match pistol was also shipped with a model-specific manual. There were several variations and I don't know which one would be correct for your gun.
I hope you find this information helpful.
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