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Object Name: revolver
Maker: Colt's Patent Fire Arms Manufacturing Company
Place Made: Hartford, CT
Title: Single Action Army Model Revolver
Date: 1882
Materials: Steel body, nickel-plated, plastic (franzite) grip
Dimensions: 10 1/2 in x 5 in x 1 1/2 in (26.6 cm x 12.7 cm x 3.8 cm)
Credit Line: Acquisition made possible in part by Jim Hoiby
Object ID: 88.381.5

Institution: Autry Museum of the American West

Category: Art and Artifacts

Remarks

Clayton Moore had a long and distinguished career as an actor, but he will always be associated with one iconic role. Moore played the Lone Ranger on television from 1949 to 1951 and from 1954 to 1957. He also played the character in two feature films, and he donned the mask for over forty years of personal appearances. The Lone Ranger and his Native American sidekick Tonto roamed the West righting wrongs and helping the less fortunate. Throughout his adventures, the Lone Ranger always carried nickel-plated Single Action Armies with cream-colored grips, such as serial number 81584. The Lone Ranger used his guns and trademark silver bullets only as a last resort to disarm his opponents as painlessly as possible. He never shot to kill.

Revolver, Colt Single Action Army Frontier Model, .44 caliber, six-shot, serial number 81584, made by Colt's Patent Fire Arms Manufacturing Company in Hartford, Connecticut, 1882. Inscribed on barrel: Colt's Pt. F.A. Mfg.Co. Hartford Ct. U.S.A.. Used by Clayton Moore, best known for playing leading character in television series The Lone Ranger.

Subject

The Colt Revolver in the American West (Greg Martin Colt Gallery)

"The Handgun that Won the West" (Greg Martin Colt Gallery)

Western Entertainers (Greg Martin Colt Gallery)

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