Posted October 27, 2017 2:00 pm by Comments

By NRAHQ

Number 1 For Buffalo Bill

by Doug Wicklund, NRA Museums Senior Curator Note: This article was originally posted on NRA Blog

Number 1 For Buffalo Bill
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USA -(Ammoland.com)- Firearms with low serial numbers are continuously prized by collectors, but a special admiration is reserved for those guns that bear a single digit, especially when that serial number is one.

The NRA’s National Firearms Museum is full of eminent collections and is honored to showcase a Colt revolver, on loan, that once belonged to W.F. Cody. Complete with an illustrious past, this Model 1851 “Navy” revolver supposedly was used by Samuel Colt to set up the production line at his London factory overseas, and at one time was possessed by the poet scout, Captain Jack Crawford, along with many other famous American arms collectors.

The NRA's National Firearms Museum is full of eminent collections and is honored to showcase a Colt revolver, on loan, that once belonged to W.F. Cody.
The NRA’s National Firearms Museum is full of eminent collections and is honored to showcase a Colt revolver, on loan, that once belonged to …Read the Rest

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