The factory letter for this revolver lists it in .44 caliber with a 5 1/2 inch barrel, blue finish, and rubber stocks and indicates it was part of a two gun shipment to Murta Appleton & Co. in Philadelphia on November 29, 1927. Incredibly, the revolver looks as if it never even left the factory nearly a century ago, and it is even accompanied by an original factory box with matching end label and the serial number "351210" and "16-70" marked on the left end of the lid as well as the serial number again on the bottom. The box contains a wood "BAIR'S PAT" rod, cleaning brush, wax paper, Colt's Revolvers flyer, and Colt "Proper Ammunition" flyer warning of using "cheap and inferior foreign cartridges..." The revolver features a blade front sight and the one-line Hartford address on top of the barrel, "COLT FRONTIER SIX SHOOTER .44-40" along the left side of the barrel, the two-line patent marking followed by the Rampant Colt trade mark on the left side of the frame, "3" over the "VP" proof on the left side of the trigger guard, assembly number "700" on the loading gate and rear of the frame, "10" and "29" on the rear of the cylinder, and the matching serial number "351210" on the frame, right side of the grip straps, and on the inside of the grips. Provenance: The Collection of Ken Gibilisco