I posted the solve to the Kings fifth Treasure, Superstition Mountains

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Army issue Colt 357, nickel. I think it's from the 50's

This one is similar, he had pearl grips.
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gracias, only suggestion I can make is that it is a copy of the Army Colt issued in the 1800;s, in either the .45 long colt ( popularily called) or the Shoefield , a slightly shortened version of the 45 "long"Colt,

The .357 was developed in the 1930's, an excellent choice -good on a man sized target out to 500 -- 600 meter

You father had goood taste.
 

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It is a 357, you had to flip out a piece to load & unload it one shell at a time.
He willed it to one of his friends, sad but true....
I gave the new owner the orig box and everything.

I don't have a picture of it out of the holster. He would only unholster it, if he's going to use it.....Texan!!

Here is the best close up I found, cropped from a picture of him.
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good show Hooch, yes , that is the Shoefield 45. It was qicker reloding but sightly less strong than the
colt, as a result a relatively lower powered , shorter cartridge with less powder capacity which could also be loaded into the '
colt, howver the colt cartridge - popularily called the long Colt by the civilian market- could not be used in the
Shoefield.
 

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