I was asked to "restore" this old pistol from a buddy at church. He's a businessman and knows nothing about weapons, so I've been holding onto it (about a year) until I could find someone who's opinion I could trust; since retirering I've become a member of Professional Soldiers. So, what do you think I should do with this weapon? The rear sight is rounded. It's a long pistol 6" with what appears to be plastic pistol grips.
It still has some original blueing (sp?) on it. The serial number is 7623. The upper/left side has stamped in it, " Browning Patent April 20, 1897 Sep 9, 1902" and "Colts Patent Fire Arms Mfg Co.
Hartford, Conn USA" with the Colt symbol stamped in the very rear of the upper.
The upper right side has stamped in it "Automatic Colt", Calibre 28 Rimless Smokeless".
Pretty cool, eh?
It also came with a real leather holster too which has devorative carvings in the leather of what I would guess is a Yucca plant in a pot (SE American Flair).
I know it's valuable (apparently made during thier 3rd production run in 1912 or Jan 1913), but does anyone know how valuable it actually is? If it's a 500 dollar weapon I can tell my buddy to stick it in a gun case up in his closet. If it's a 5000 dollar weapon I'd tell him to get a gun safe but I don't know the cost of antique weapons - 18E not a B!
Thanks for the help!
DeMo
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