"Original" Colt 1860

Hardcase · August 3, 2011, 08:26 AM

I have an awfully low skeptic threshold, so it doesn't take much to trip it. Plus, after vacations and remodeling, I have an awfully low bank account threshold, so I won't be trotting out any wads of cash, but I thought that I'd throw this out in case anybody wants to check it out further:

http://listings.zidaho.com/ZIdaho%20...9-0e66d54ca7df

The seller says that it's an original Colt 1860, manufactured in 1863 and "marshally marked". For those who consider such things germane, the phone number is in the Council, Idaho area.

zullo74 · August 3, 2011, 09:14 AM

"marshally marked". Now that's a good one. Martially is the correct term...BTW, I don't see any inspector's cartouche on the grips.

mar·tial (märshl)
adj.
1. Of, relating to, or suggestive of war.
2. Relating to or connected with the armed forces or the profession of arms.
3. Characteristic of or befitting a warrior.

[Middle English, from Latin Mrtilis, from Mrs, Mrt-, Mars.]

martial·ism n.
martial·ist n.
martial·ly adv.

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Hawg · August 3, 2011, 09:37 AM

I don't either. In fact where it should be looks ground down

Fingers McGee · August 3, 2011, 10:14 AM

And there isn't a US on the frame

August 3, 2011, 08:26 AM	#1
Hardcase Senior Member Join Date: April 14, 2009 Location: Sunny Southern Idaho Posts: 1,909	"Original" Colt 1860 I have an awfully low skeptic threshold, so it doesn't take much to trip it. Plus, after vacations and remodeling, I have an awfully low bank account threshold, so I won't be trotting out any wads of cash, but I thought that I'd throw this out in case anybody wants to check it out further: http://listings.zidaho.com/ZIdaho%20...9-0e66d54ca7df The seller says that it's an original Colt 1860, manufactured in 1863 and "marshally marked". For those who consider such things germane, the phone number is in the Council, Idaho area. __________________ Well we don't rent pigs and I figure it's better to say it right out front because a man that does like to rent pigs is... he's hard to stop - Gus McCrae

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Fingers McGee Senior Member Join Date: March 19, 2008 Location: High & Dry in Missouri Ozarks Posts: 2,113	And there isn't a US on the frame __________________ Fingers (Show Me MO smoke) McGee - AKA Man of Many Colts - Alter ego of Diabolical Ken; SASS Regulator 28564-L-TG; Rangemaster and stage writer extraordinaire; Frontiersman, Pistoleer, NRA Endowment Life, NMLRA, SAF, CCRKBA, STORM 327, SV115; Charter member, Central Ozarks Western Shooters Cynic: A blackguard whose faulty vision see things as they are, not as they should be. Ambrose Bierce

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August 3, 2011, 09:14 AM	#2
zullo74 Junior member Join Date: August 8, 2009 Posts: 374	"marshally marked". Now that's a good one. Martially is the correct term...BTW, I don't see any inspector's cartouche on the grips. mar·tial (märshl) adj. 1. Of, relating to, or suggestive of war. 2. Relating to or connected with the armed forces or the profession of arms. 3. Characteristic of or befitting a warrior. [Middle English, from Latin Mrtilis, from Mrs, Mrt-, Mars.] martial·ism n. martial·ist n. martial·ly adv. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition copyright ©2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2009. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.

August 3, 2011, 09:37 AM	#3
Hawg Senior Member Join Date: September 8, 2007 Location: Mississippi Posts: 16,188	I don't either. In fact where it should be looks ground down