ATLAS
COLLECTIBLE FIREARMS

Atlas Collectible Firearms is profoundly honored to present a Holy Grail, museum-tier piece of American martial wheelgun history: an original Colt Single Action Army double-action/single-action revolver chambered in .38 Special. Featuring a frame serial number factory applied in 1940, serial number 357318 represents an exceedingly rare "Pre-War/Post-War" variant that was subsequently assembled and finished at the factory after World War II. As documented in Don Wilkerson's authoritative work, only 338 total Pre-War manufactured frames were assembled post-war, making this ultra-scarce sub-series one of the most elusive and sought-after Single Action Army variations in existence. Fitted with a 5-1/2 inch round barrel rollmarked with the classic one-line Hartford address, this magnificent revolver stands as an unrepeatable centerpiece for the most advanced Colt collection.
Displaying flawless factory specifications throughout, the frame retains its sharp two-line patent markings and Rampant Colt stamp, while the barrel, cylinder, trigger guard, and backstrap bear matching serial numbers alongside assembly number "53" on the loading gate and frame rear face. Stocked in original hard rubber checkered grips with Rampant Colt monograms, this offering arrives 100% New Old Stock (NOS) and completely intact. The investment-grade package includes an official Colt Factory Historian Letter confirming shipment to Cherry's Sporting Goods in Geneseo, Illinois, on October 3, 1972, in a shipment of only 18 identical revolvers. Also included is the original matching Colt black hinge-top box hand-marked on the bottom in red wax pencil with serial number 357318, alongside factory paperwork and literature.
The cosmetic condition of this legendary Pre-War/Post-War Colt Single Action Army is 100% New Old Stock (NOS) throughout, retaining 99.9% plus of its original deep factory blued finish and vibrant, fiery case colors across the frame. Metal surfaces exhibit only the slightest display handling evidence with minor, honest age specks of oxidation on the loading gate and hammer sides, while the hard rubber grips remain pristine with razor-sharp checkering. Mechanically, the single-action mechanism operates with hand-fitted Colt precision, four crisp clicks, and vault-tight cylinder lockup, while the 5-1/2 inch barrel preserves a mirror-bright, flawless bore with sharp, defined rifling lines.