The stock looks like early DelGrego work. I wonder if they would have worked on a Colt...





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I have pictures of that gun from two different periods, all within the last decade or two. One has all of the gold in place, and the other is missing the gold like the RIA picture. Not sure if this means anything, but found it somewhat interesting.

Sometimes, Colt would provide a courtesy letter to the museum on a specific artifact if we asked. We used them to help verify or strengthen the artifact record file.