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Originally Posted by abukafura
This is truly a fine example of the cone hammer. Might I ask, if you do not mind, where you found such a beautiful gun.
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I don't have any magic. Just spend time to monitor the market. It's from a seller in Mississippi. The seller's description was as simple as this: "Pistol, Early 1903, Deep Milled, Cone Hammer, 1 to 10 Sight"
That's equivalent of saying "I don't know. You take your chance".
Who would fly to Mississippi to check this?? So I took a chance. Sometimes, this works -- gun comes in fine finish and all matching. Sometime, this does not work -- gun comes with issues, usually matching issue. In most cases, I phase out refinished gun on pictures well, but mismatching usually cannot be told by pictures, and many sellers refuse to disassemble this type of gun worrying they could not put it back. That's the risk.