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.38-40 Colt?
silver6
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What can you tell me about this rifle? I am asking for a buddy of mine who was given this rifle from his late grandfather. He has been offered a significant amount of money for it but still doesnt know much about it. Would really mean alot to him to just know anything about the specs and history of these rifles and maybe the value just so he can see if the guy who offered him money was tryin to take him.
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Chris8161
Admit nothing, deny everything, demand proof!
Before going further, delete the S/N of the firearm from your posts using the edit function in the mini tool bar above the text of your posts. With few exceptions, all the gun gurus need is the first three digits of a six digit S/N. Posting the full number on the internet *can* (not "will"!!) have all sorts of negative consequences.
Finally, the forum moderator has a policy of locking topics after 10 replies, and this has already gone more than half the way there. You may need to start another thread or move this one to the General Board to get the data you want.
Photos are absolutely critical to obtaining the answers you want. There were a lot of Colt designs and configurations while the condition obviously has the potential of varying from beat to He!! to pristine.
I'm not going to try to answer your value question; I'll leave that to the guys who are far more knowledgeable than I on this topic. However, I'll leave you with this observation - not every gun dealer is an expert and more than a few will try to baffle with BS if they cannot dazzle you with their brilliance, so your friend should not get all excited about the $12K figure until it has been confirmed by independent sources. OTOH, there were factory special orders and possibly a 6.75" barrel was one of them. This sort of thing can easily cause the value to skyrocket, so the dealer might even have been conservative in his valuation. Y'all need to provide more detailed information, including photos, for the folks here to help you.
But please do eliminate the last three digits of the serial number from your post.
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