sold COLT NEW SERVICE TARGET MODEL CANADIAN ARMY ISSUE
$3,500.00
Out of stock
IN 97% ORIGINAL CONDITION, WE HAVE A VERY RARE COLT NEW SERVICE TARGET MODEL REVOLVER IN .455 ELEY. THIS IS ONE OF ONLY 960 MADE IN THAT CALIBER. THE PISTOL WAS ORDERED FOR THE CANADIAN ARMY SHOOTING TEAM AND IS CANADIAN BROAD ARROW C MARKED. THIS PISTOL WAS MADE IN 1914 AND HAS THE DESIRABLE EARLY FEATURES SUCH AS THE FLAT LATCH. ONE OF THE BEST THINGS ABOUT THIS PISTOL IS THAT IT HAS THE VERY DESIRABLE ROPER GRIPS. ANOTHER UNIQUE FEATURE OF THIS SPECIAL ORDER PISTOL IS THAT IT HAS A NON ADJUSTABLE REAR SIGHT AS THIS WAS A REQUIRMENT OF THE CANADIAN ARMY THE THE REAR SIGHT HAD TO BE FIXED. WHETHER YOU COLLECT RARE COLT REVOLVERS OR YOU ARE A CANUCKOPHILE, THIS IS A VERY DESIRABLE AND HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT COLT REVOLVER.