{"id":23072,"date":"2023-08-25T12:48:08","date_gmt":"2023-08-25T17:48:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/2023\/08\/25\/elvis-presleys-smith-wesson-model-53-revolver\/"},"modified":"2023-08-25T12:48:08","modified_gmt":"2023-08-25T17:48:08","slug":"elvis-presleys-smith-wesson-model-53-revolver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/2023\/08\/25\/elvis-presleys-smith-wesson-model-53-revolver\/","title":{"rendered":"Elvis Presley&#8217;s Smith &#038; Wesson Model 53 Revolver"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mejs-video-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allow=\"autoplay\" width=\"580\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UZTM5JotEZs?controls=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Elvis Presley was a known gun collector, so what better gift for the King during the bicentennial than a revolver loaded with patriotic pizzazz?<\/p>\n<p>This Smith &#038; Wesson Model 53 was made as a gift for the King and factory engraved by Smith &#038; Wesson master engraver Russel Smith. Much of the original documentation still accompanies Elvis&#8217; revolver including the original order slip, photographs, and even Smith&#8217;s pencil drawing which planned the proposed engraving and precious metal inlays.<\/p>\n<p>Follow us!<br \/>Email: <a href=\"http:\/\/eepurl.com\/cg4yPb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/eepurl.com\/cg4yPb<\/a><br \/>Facebook: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/RockIslandAuctionCompany\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/RockIslandAuctionCompany<\/a><br \/>Instagram: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/rockislandauction\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/rockislandauction\/<\/a><br \/>Twitter: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RIauction\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/RIauction<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elvis Presley was a known gun collector, so what better gift for the King during the bicentennial than a revolver loaded with patriotic pizzazz? This Smith &#038; Wesson Model 53 was made as a gift for the King and factory engraved by Smith &#038; Wesson master engraver Russel Smith. Much of the original documentation still&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/2023\/08\/25\/elvis-presleys-smith-wesson-model-53-revolver\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Elvis Presley&#8217;s Smith &#038; Wesson Model 53 Revolver<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":23073,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[89,19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23072","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-content","category-video"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23072","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/37"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23072"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23072\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23073"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23072"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23072"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23072"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}