Help identify this mark on a Colt 1861 Navy

ClemBert · March 2, 2009, 09:24 PM

This marking is on a Colt 1861 Navy 2nd Generation, a Colt released product from the 1970's. Can someone identify this proof mark located on the frame above the trigger guard? Specifically, what is the significance of this marking?

Fingers McGee · March 3, 2009, 12:54 AM

I have absolutely no idea. Have never seen that marking on a 2nd Gen before, and I collect 2nd Gens.

FM

Raider2000 · March 3, 2009, 06:08 AM

I would swear with the way it looks etched instead of stamped that some one put that mark there, sortof like a brand of a cattle company or something.

DrLaw · March 3, 2009, 08:10 AM

Don't know about the mark, but I ran that fingerprint through AFIS (Automatic Fingerprint Identification System), and I suggest you deny everything, admit nothing and demand proof!

The Doc is out now.

madcratebuilder · March 3, 2009, 08:58 AM

It has been added. I have two 2nd gen 51's, no etched logo on them.
It looks like a lazy B on a tripod.

Check your bolt, it's starting to peen the cylinder notches. Them finger prints well get you in trouble every time.

Hawg · March 3, 2009, 11:40 AM

Don't let your hammer down from half cock. You're getting a drag line from it. Fully cock it before letting it down.

Fingers McGee · March 3, 2009, 12:41 PM

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I would swear with the way it looks etched instead of stamped that some one put that mark there, sort of like a brand of a cattle company or something.

That's the first thing that crossed my mind too Raider

FM

arcticap · March 3, 2009, 03:46 PM

Case coloring can be seen on the raised surface of the imprint so it was done afterward.
There's many companies that make custom stamps like that which don't come cheap.
Despite the affect on its value, it does look to be nicely done though.

ClemBert · March 3, 2009, 05:03 PM

Just to clarify...I don't own this firearm. Anyhow, I just found out what the deal is with the mark. It is actually a branding mark of the now deceased owner. Apparently, he had 80 firearms of which 25 had the branding mark. I guess this is just a fancy way of carving your initials into the grip or like some dumbarses who will scratch their phone number into the frame. I guess this dude's brand will outlive him.

Raider2000 · March 3, 2009, 09:37 PM

Well it is a neat mark none the less, much better than a set of initials of something.

Gatofeo · March 11, 2009, 09:44 PM

Alien. Definitely alien.
Regulus 6, I'd guess. Perhaps Altarian.
One of those marks showed up on my inner thigh a few days after my abduction.
I don't wanna talk about it ...

surfersami · March 12, 2009, 07:05 AM

According to my database the fingerprint is from Jimmy Hoffa, where did you get this gun?

mnw42 · July 2, 2009, 09:18 PM

I'm aware of this tread's age.

I just picked up a second gen 1862 and it does not have that mark. It is foreign to me.

Gatofeo · December 5, 2010, 05:52 PM

My guess: A stick figure of Dolly Parton!

Hardcase · December 5, 2010, 08:55 PM

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My guess: A stick figure of Dolly Parton!

Dolly doesn't have three legs...and that's as far as I'm gonna go!

Gaucho Gringo · December 6, 2010, 06:27 PM

No, no it is the mark of the Alien. They beam guns up to their spaceships and when they get done inspecting them, they put that little mark on them and send them back to us. They then sit around and laugh at the earthlings going nuts trying to figure out the marking means.

zippy13 · December 6, 2010, 07:42 PM

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Originally Posted by madcratebuilder

It looks like a lazy B on a tripod.

Close, but the tripod looks like an inverted standard "Turkey Track" brand symbol.

March 2, 2009, 09:24 PM	#1
ClemBert Senior Member Join Date: March 2, 2009 Location: Orlando Posts: 936	Help identify this mark on a Colt 1861 Navy This marking is on a Colt 1861 Navy 2nd Generation, a Colt released product from the 1970's. Can someone identify this proof mark located on the frame above the trigger guard? Specifically, what is the significance of this marking? Last edited by ClemBert; March 2, 2009 at 10:17 PM.

March 3, 2009, 12:54 AM	#2
Fingers McGee Senior Member Join Date: March 19, 2008 Location: High & Dry in Missouri Ozarks Posts: 2,113	I have absolutely no idea. Have never seen that marking on a 2nd Gen before, and I collect 2nd Gens. FM __________________ 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

March 3, 2009, 08:10 AM	#4
DrLaw Senior Member Join Date: June 3, 2007 Location: Wild Western Illinois Posts: 559	Don't know about the mark, but I ran that fingerprint through AFIS (Automatic Fingerprint Identification System), and I suggest you deny everything, admit nothing and demand proof! The Doc is out now. __________________ General McAuliffe said it best "Nuts."

March 3, 2009, 05:03 PM	#9
ClemBert Senior Member Join Date: March 2, 2009 Location: Orlando Posts: 936	Just to clarify...I don't own this firearm. Anyhow, I just found out what the deal is with the mark. It is actually a branding mark of the now deceased owner. Apparently, he had 80 firearms of which 25 had the branding mark. I guess this is just a fancy way of carving your initials into the grip or like some dumbarses who will scratch their phone number into the frame. I guess this dude's brand will outlive him. Last edited by ClemBert; March 3, 2009 at 05:36 PM.

March 11, 2009, 09:44 PM	#11
Gatofeo Senior Member Join Date: October 1, 2004 Location: Remote Utah desert Posts: 224	Alien. Definitely alien. Regulus 6, I'd guess. Perhaps Altarian. One of those marks showed up on my inner thigh a few days after my abduction. I don't wanna talk about it ... __________________ "And lo, did I see an ugly cat. Smoke. Brimstone. Holes in parchment. And this ugly cat was much amused." --- The Prophesies of Gatodamus (1503 - 1566)

March 3, 2009, 06:08 AM	#3
Raider2000 Senior Member Join Date: July 23, 2007 Location: Virginia Posts: 719	I would swear with the way it looks etched instead of stamped that some one put that mark there, sortof like a brand of a cattle company or something.

March 3, 2009, 08:58 AM	#5
madcratebuilder Senior Member Join Date: November 2, 2007 Location: Northern Orygun Posts: 4,923	It has been added. I have two 2nd gen 51's, no etched logo on them. It looks like a lazy B on a tripod. Check your bolt, it's starting to peen the cylinder notches. Them finger prints well get you in trouble every time.

March 3, 2009, 11:40 AM	#6
Hawg Senior Member Join Date: September 8, 2007 Location: Mississippi Posts: 16,189	Don't let your hammer down from half cock. You're getting a drag line from it. Fully cock it before letting it down.

March 3, 2009, 03:46 PM	#8
arcticap Senior Member Join Date: March 15, 2005 Location: Central Connecticut Posts: 3,166	Case coloring can be seen on the raised surface of the imprint so it was done afterward. There's many companies that make custom stamps like that which don't come cheap. Despite the affect on its value, it does look to be nicely done though.

March 3, 2009, 09:37 PM	#10
Raider2000 Senior Member Join Date: July 23, 2007 Location: Virginia Posts: 719	Well it is a neat mark none the less, much better than a set of initials of something.

March 12, 2009, 07:05 AM	#12
surfersami Member Join Date: January 22, 2009 Location: SC Posts: 60	According to my database the fingerprint is from Jimmy Hoffa, where did you get this gun?

July 2, 2009, 09:18 PM	#13
mnw42 Senior Member Join Date: March 3, 2008 Location: Bucks Co., PA Posts: 210	I'm aware of this tread's age. I just picked up a second gen 1862 and it does not have that mark. It is foreign to me.

December 5, 2010, 05:52 PM	#14
Gatofeo Senior Member Join Date: October 1, 2004 Location: Remote Utah desert Posts: 224	My guess: A stick figure of Dolly Parton! __________________ "And lo, did I see an ugly cat. Smoke. Brimstone. Holes in parchment. And this ugly cat was much amused." --- The Prophesies of Gatodamus (1503 - 1566)

December 6, 2010, 06:27 PM	#16
Gaucho Gringo Senior Member Join Date: May 17, 2007 Location: Vancouver, WA Posts: 366	No, no it is the mark of the Alien. They beam guns up to their spaceships and when they get done inspecting them, they put that little mark on them and send them back to us. They then sit around and laugh at the earthlings going nuts trying to figure out the marking means. __________________ 357 Taurus Gaucho, 22 Heritage RR, 2-Pietta 1858 44 NMA Remingtons, Pietta, Euroarms & ASM 36 1851 Navies, 31 Uberti 1849, 12 ga H&R Topper, 16 Ga Western Field, 43 Spanish Remington Rolling Block, 44 ASM Colt Walker, High Point C9 9mm, Winchester 1906 22, Rossi 62 22 rifle, Uberti 1860, H&A & IJ 32 S&W BreakTop, 36 Euroarms 1858, 32 H&R 04, 22mag NAA SS BP revolver, .44 Rodgers & Spencer, IJ 38 S&W BreakTop, IJ 22 Sealed 8