Hey all,
I am new to the forum and this site but it appears you all know your stuff. I recently acquired this gun and have a few questions. I am definitely aware that this is in fact one of 200 (serial # 15151) sent to an army contract before Colt started selling these commercially. I believe a very rare find and already contacted Colt to get a letter for it. One question that I have is the gun appears to be original finish as I have looked very closely at the lettering and they are not dished out which would be from buffing to create the high polish it has, but.... there are the tiniest of dings in a couple areas that should be silver from the damage but are black. Also in all my research, the trigger, pins, and screws should be a bright blue and are not. I am curious to know if the first 200 built for the Army didn't have the fire blued parts and everything was chemical blued? Either way it is a rare find and bore is in great shape. Looks like it has never been fired or very little but I am no expert on old firearms. Here are some pictures. Oh and If this is in fact original finish I would have to put it around 98%.
I am new to the forum and this site but it appears you all know your stuff. I recently acquired this gun and have a few questions. I am definitely aware that this is in fact one of 200 (serial # 15151) sent to an army contract before Colt started selling these commercially. I believe a very rare find and already contacted Colt to get a letter for it. One question that I have is the gun appears to be original finish as I have looked very closely at the lettering and they are not dished out which would be from buffing to create the high polish it has, but.... there are the tiniest of dings in a couple areas that should be silver from the damage but are black. Also in all my research, the trigger, pins, and screws should be a bright blue and are not. I am curious to know if the first 200 built for the Army didn't have the fire blued parts and everything was chemical blued? Either way it is a rare find and bore is in great shape. Looks like it has never been fired or very little but I am no expert on old firearms. Here are some pictures. Oh and If this is in fact original finish I would have to put it around 98%.



