Welcome back, friends! we have reached the end of the road colt 1862 police. Part I covered the history and final years of Samuel Colt, Part II dealt with variations and how to distinguish police from pocket navies, and Part III explained the specifications, dating and aftermarket condition for both the original and Uberti replica.
Welcome to today’s program photo of the Day! Here we have something that most people don’t imagine when they hear “Old West Colt.” It’s a Colt Model 1878, a side-by-side hammer shotgun, and yes, the same Hartford company famous for the Peacemaker also spent nearly a decade making high-end double guns. The Model 1878 ran
welcome to today photo of the Day! Here we have a Colt Single Action Army built for Target Line that carries the story of pure Old West. This is a Colt Flattop Target Model, one of the rare factory variations of the 1873 Peacemaker. Colt only made around 925 of them between 1888 and 1896,
Welcome to today’s Photo of the Day! Here we have a 1933 Colt Shooting Master in .38 Special, one of approximately 2,500 produced in that caliber out of a total of approximately 3,500 in all configurations. The Shooting Master was Colt’s premium target revolver, introduced in 1932 and aimed at serious competitive shooters. 6-inch barrel,
Welcome back, friends! Last time we took a four-part look at colt 1862 police The revolver covers the design philosophy that created it, the Civil War era that hampered its sales, the factory fire that made things worse, and the conversion craze that consumed most surviving examples before the 19th century was out. We also
Welcome to today’s photo of the day! Here we have a 1911 manufactured Colt Model 1909 Double Action revolver marked “United States Property” with RAC inspection marks on the barrel, frame, cylinder and left grip under the barrel. The 1909 was the standard weapon of the Army before John Browning’s semi-automatic changed everything. .45 Long
Welcome to today’s photo of the day! Here we have a Colt official police revolver marked “TWC 327” on the butt, issued to the Tennessee Correctional Institution for Women. Correctional facilities run the numbered weapons list for exactly the reason you’d expect. Every gun had a number, every number had a gun, and if something
Welcome to today’s Photo of the Day! Here we have a sequentially serialized pair of Colt 1849 Wells Fargo pocket revolvers, serial numbers 99999 and 100000, probably manufactured December 31, 1854 and January 1, 1855. That description alone is sufficient. Two guns, separated by a number, spanning one calendar year, were reunited in the same
Welcome to today’s Photo of the Day! Here we have a 1959 Colt Trooper that reads “Presented To/RF Borkenstein/By/Colt’s Patent Fire Arms Mfg. Co. Inc./1959.” Robert Borkenstein invented the Breathalyzer in 1954. Before that tool came into existence, DUI enforcement was limited to subjective field tests and blood draws. The Breathalyzer changed this by giving