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Gary L. Griffiths · February 17, 2012, 11:36 PM

I am researching the Wickenburg Massacre, which occurred on 5 Nov 1871. The perpetrators attacking the stagecoach used Henry and Spencer repeating rifles. There were several revolvers among the coach passengers, which included three civilian members of a military expedition. I am assuming that the revolvers would have been 1860 or possibly 1851 Colts, but am wondering if any could have been 1871 Colt .44 RF conversions.

Anyone know when the first of these would have been shipped?

Thanx.

February 17, 2012, 11:36 PM	#1
Gary L. Griffiths Senior Member Join Date: April 7, 2000 Location: AZ, WA Posts: 1,466	Shipping Date for 1st Colt 1871 .44 RFs I am researching the Wickenburg Massacre, which occurred on 5 Nov 1871. The perpetrators attacking the stagecoach used Henry and Spencer repeating rifles. There were several revolvers among the coach passengers, which included three civilian members of a military expedition. I am assuming that the revolvers would have been 1860 or possibly 1851 Colts, but am wondering if any could have been 1871 Colt .44 RF conversions. Anyone know when the first of these would have been shipped? Thanx. __________________ Violence is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and valorous feeling which believes that nothing is worth violence is much worse. Those who have nothing for which they are willing to fight; nothing they care about more than their own craven apathy; are miserable creatures who have no chance of being free, unless made and kept so by the valor of those better than themselves. Gary L. Griffiths (Paraphrasing John Stuart Mill)