Originally Posted by
Steve(WA)
Yup, 898262. I was thinking it was high too, but there isn't much on GB to compare. And like you say, it is only "unfired" once. I have a slightly later Colt, in about 90%, but with stamped trigger and past the serial numbered slide. This new one sure is pretty though!
They were all unfired till the inspector shot it for proof testing. Then he whacked it with a stamp.
Phillip McGregor (OFC)
"I am neither a fire arms nor a ballistics expert, but I was a combat infantry officer in the Great War, and I absolutely know that the bullet from an infantry rifle has to be able to shoot through things." General Douglas MacArthur