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July 17, 2012, 04:02 PM | #1 |
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Help Identifying 2 Colt Revolvers.
1 Serial Number 76923
2 Serial Number 299 |
July 17, 2012, 04:28 PM | #2 |
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1. Colt 1860 Army .44 made 1862
2. Colt 1851 Navy cartridge conversion, Richards-Mason design. A low number like that is probably one of the ones assembled out of parts on hand in the 1870s and numbered in its own series 1-3800. I guess it might be a very early gun returned for conversion by an individual. Does it have any patent dates or other legible markings on it? |
July 17, 2012, 05:11 PM | #3 |
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I don't think that's a factory conversion. It has the late model conversion ring, cylinder and ejector but still retains the original barrel.
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July 17, 2012, 05:32 PM | #4 |
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It looks like a Flayderman 5B-121, octagon barrel and all.
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July 17, 2012, 05:45 PM | #5 |
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I don't have access to my Flayderman or much of anything else right now.
I know the first factory conversions had the rear sight on the conversion ring and the ejector mounted in the hole for the ram. Then they went to using the original hammer sight and changing the barrel to one without the lever hole and loading cutout. |
July 17, 2012, 07:34 PM | #6 |
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Is there a good amount of interest with collectors/value in these guns? And with the first gun the Patent # reads 200
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July 17, 2012, 08:30 PM | #7 |
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That's not the patent number. The cylinder has been changed. That's the last three digits of the serial number of the gun the cylinder was originally on. It's kind of confusing but it should be read
Colt's patent No. 200 Not, Colt's patent No. 200 Yes there's collector interest but the mismatched cylinder will bring it down some. |
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