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Jim Watson · November 5, 2004, 09:22 AM

Is it really marked "Made in New York?" Real Colts aren't.
To get good information you will have to post the EXACT markings, ALL of them, and their locations on the gun. Pictures help.

LCA was Lucius C. Allin, an armory sub-inspector.
Dixie shows him working only in 1859 and on Colt Dragoons, Mass. Arms Co., Adams, and Starr revolvers. He might have inspected and marked a Navy, but you would need serious literature or expert opinion on that.

rkgcw might have been the owner or his unit. Is it stamped or scratched on?

November 5, 2004, 09:22 AM	#3
Jim Watson Senior Member Join Date: October 25, 2001 Location: Alabama Posts: 18,532	Is it really marked "Made in New York?" Real Colts aren't. To get good information you will have to post the EXACT markings, ALL of them, and their locations on the gun. Pictures help. LCA was Lucius C. Allin, an armory sub-inspector. Dixie shows him working only in 1859 and on Colt Dragoons, Mass. Arms Co., Adams, and Starr revolvers. He might have inspected and marked a Navy, but you would need serious literature or expert opinion on that. rkgcw might have been the owner or his unit. Is it stamped or scratched on?