.41 LC. 6" barrel length. SN: 75042. Double-action swing-out cylinder revolver with topstrap notch and front blade sights. Item displays a blued metal finish with polished hammer and trigger. Black hard rubber grips displaying "{Rampant Colt}" logos mounted to square butt frame without lanyard loop. The same logo within a circle is stamped to the rear left frame. Barrel marks include "DA 41" caliber marking to left barrel and the two-line patent and address mark to top reading, "COLT'S PT. F.A. MFG. CO. HARTFORD CT. U.S.A./PATENTED AUG. 5. 1884 NOV 6. 88. MAR. 5. 95,". Assembly number "862" stamped to the cylinder area with rear of cylinder marked "15" beneath the star extractor. Serial number indicates item manufactured in 1896.
 
A .41 COLT REPORTEDLY USED BY AL CAPONE

"You can get more with a kind word and a gun than with just a kind word" (Al Capone).

Al Capone’s friendship with Bill and Lowrene Sell developed during his vacations to Sell's Resort in Manitowish Waters in the 1920s.  According to family history and stories from Bill and Lowrene, Capone brought a .41 Colt with him during one visit, and gave it to Bill to hold on to in case he should need it. As evidenced by the letters in the family’s collection, the Sells developed a close relationship with Capone: Bill Sells tried to help Capone find real estate in the Northwoods, and apparently introduced Capone to a bootlegger. For several years, Capone spent a great deal of leisure time at the Sells resort.

Accompanying the gun are several modern reprints of photographs also from negatives in the family's collection showing Capone, his associates, and a female companion, fooling around at the Sell's resort with what appears to be a .41 Colt.  The gun remained in a safe with other Capone material at the Sell's Resort in Manitowish Waters for several decades, and has been in the family since.

Provenance: Al Capone, by repute, given to Bill and Lowrene Sell; to present owner.

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