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awswilson2007 · June 18, 2009, 09:44 PM

I was just wondering if anyone knew an answer to this or knew or anyone who did. I know someone that has a 1871 .45 Colt Revolver that he wants to sell. We are not sure if it still fires. We don't want to do it ourselves because we want to find someone else that might actually know what they are doing. I have also read NOT to shoot it. The serial number is in the 6000's. For security reasons, we are not giving out the actual number. We have contacted Colt and the Springfield Armory. There are only 2 patent dates on it, not 3. We have not looked for the initial part yet as I just found out about this. The handle is almost in mint condition, there are very few scratches on it. I don't know much about percentages of the blue color, but it is definitely more blue than brown. Any suggestions and help would be great!!

June 18, 2009, 09:44 PM	#1
awswilson2007 Junior Member Join Date: June 18, 2009 Posts: 1	A 1871 .45 Colt Revolver I was just wondering if anyone knew an answer to this or knew or anyone who did. I know someone that has a 1871 .45 Colt Revolver that he wants to sell. We are not sure if it still fires. We don't want to do it ourselves because we want to find someone else that might actually know what they are doing. I have also read NOT to shoot it. The serial number is in the 6000's. For security reasons, we are not giving out the actual number. We have contacted Colt and the Springfield Armory. There are only 2 patent dates on it, not 3. We have not looked for the initial part yet as I just found out about this. The handle is almost in mint condition, there are very few scratches on it. I don't know much about percentages of the blue color, but it is definitely more blue than brown. Any suggestions and help would be great!!