Texas Shipped Colt Single Action Bisley Revolver, SN 319968 in .41 COLT caliber. This revolver is accompanied by a Colt Archive Letter confirming its configuration of .41 caliber, 4 3/4” barrel, blue finish with type of stocks not listed. The letter lists that it sold to M. Oppenheimer in Temple, Texas. It shows that it shipped to Norvell Shapleigh Hardware Company in St. Louis,Missouri on November 2, 1911 in a 3 gun shipment. It is known by collectors that the Colt Archive shipping records often reverse the names of the companies, mislabeling the shipping destination as the “Sold-to” destination. In the case of this record, there is no doubt that M. Oppenheimer bought the gun from the larger company of Norvell Shapleigh and NorvellShapleigh had Colt ship it directly to M. Oppenheimer in Temple, Texas. The serial numbers match on the frame, trigger guard and back strap. The factory markings are all clear and sharp. There is a generous amount of original blue remaining on the barrel and cylinder with a lesser amount on the trigger guard and back strap. There are visible case colors in protected areas.The action functions properly and the bore is very good. The replacement rubber stocks have chips at top and bottom. Texas shipped Colts are very desirable and very few are known to have been shipped to Temple, Texas. This gun was housed for some amount of time in the display case that will sell in this auction as Lot 68A. (MODERN)