Can you Colt experts ID this box??

540mope · October 13, 2012, 08:22 PM

Bought this box at a gun last year for what was inside of it (the NOS N frame Combats). Have been advised since then that the box is Colt.
Any ideas what model came in it?? Approx. date??

Bob Wright · October 13, 2012, 08:31 PM

Well, the 4 3/4 and 45 indicate a Colt Single Action, and NRA, maybe a commemorative. Just a guess.

Bob Wright

Excuse me, that was rather presumptous of me. The question was to Colt experts.

540mope · October 14, 2012, 12:15 AM

Ok..anyone besides me is a Colt expert...Thanks for the info!!!!!

johnbt · October 14, 2012, 04:33 PM

Here's NRA29xx

http://www.gunsinternational.com/Col...n_id=100263338

James K · October 14, 2012, 04:49 PM

Those guns were made in two calibers, .357 and .45 Colt, but there seems to be some discrepancies in the total produced/shipped.

One source seems to say there were 7000 of each caliber but not all were shipped. Another gives production figures and they add up to 6200 for NRA commemorative production, both calibers combined. FWIW, the latter book says 1200 .45 caliber were made with 4 3/4" barrels

JIm

540mope · October 14, 2012, 05:29 PM

Thanks for the help, everyone!!

PetahW · October 14, 2012, 05:29 PM

FWIW, AFAIK that's not the gun's "box", as referred to by collectors - it's what's referred to as a "shipper" or "sleeve", that the real box with the gun inside was slipped inside of for shipment.

Here's a sample (Ruger used the same system prior to plastic casing)

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October 13, 2012, 08:31 PM	#2
Bob Wright Senior Member Join Date: July 10, 2012 Location: Memphis, Tennessee Posts: 2,989	Well, the 4 3/4 and 45 indicate a Colt Single Action, and NRA, maybe a commemorative. Just a guess. Bob Wright Excuse me, that was rather presumptous of me. The question was to Colt experts. Last edited by Bob Wright; October 13, 2012 at 08:43 PM.

October 14, 2012, 12:15 AM	#3
540mope Senior Member Join Date: November 22, 2008 Location: yonder Posts: 359	Ok..anyone besides me is a Colt expert...Thanks for the info!!!!!

October 14, 2012, 04:33 PM	#4
johnbt Senior Member Join Date: December 6, 1999 Location: Richmond, Virginia USA Posts: 6,004	Here's NRA29xx http://www.gunsinternational.com/Col...n_id=100263338

October 14, 2012, 04:49 PM	#5
James K Member In Memoriam Join Date: March 17, 1999 Posts: 24,383	Those guns were made in two calibers, .357 and .45 Colt, but there seems to be some discrepancies in the total produced/shipped. One source seems to say there were 7000 of each caliber but not all were shipped. Another gives production figures and they add up to 6200 for NRA commemorative production, both calibers combined. FWIW, the latter book says 1200 .45 caliber were made with 4 3/4" barrels JIm

October 14, 2012, 05:29 PM	#6
540mope Senior Member Join Date: November 22, 2008 Location: yonder Posts: 359	Thanks for the help, everyone!!

October 14, 2012, 05:29 PM	#7
PetahW Senior Member Join Date: September 19, 2008 Posts: 4,678	FWIW, AFAIK that's not the gun's "box", as referred to by collectors - it's what's referred to as a "shipper" or "sleeve", that the real box with the gun inside was slipped inside of for shipment. Here's a sample (Ruger used the same system prior to plastic casing) .