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A couple of weeks ago, I saw a listing for a NIB Bright Stainless 38 Super from a seller that happened to be located near Atlanta (my home town) and she had several for sale, one of which was fitted with a really nice set of Elephant Ivory grips. Serial number ELCEN7771! Hey, I remember that serial number, well, part of it anyway:

So I just had to bid on the gun, and did so but came up short. Then I thought of something. Why not contact the seller and ask if she would, in turn, contact the winning bidder to see if he would take serial number ELCEN7773 (another NIB 38 Super I knew she had). She did, and the winning bidder took the replacement Colt and I got 7771 (without the ivory)!
So here they are; not a match, not consecutive, not really that close with all the lettering. Yes, I'm a sucker. Now, if only I can find ELCEN7770!

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So I just had to bid on the gun, and did so but came up short. Then I thought of something. Why not contact the seller and ask if she would, in turn, contact the winning bidder to see if he would take serial number ELCEN7773 (another NIB 38 Super I knew she had). She did, and the winning bidder took the replacement Colt and I got 7771 (without the ivory)!
So here they are; not a match, not consecutive, not really that close with all the lettering. Yes, I'm a sucker. Now, if only I can find ELCEN7770!

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