Best Original Colt 1860

For those that would like to see what the original finish looked like on a new Colt this is probably as close as you can get. The blueing is much deeper than I suspected.

https://www.rockislandauction.com/d...nder-colt-model-1860-army-percussion-revolver

Top quality item. How about those case colors? My my! Thanks for posting this!

TDM said:

For those that would like to see what the original finish looked like on a new Colt this is probably as close as you can get. The blueing is much deeper than I suspected.

https://www.rockislandauction.com/d...nder-colt-model-1860-army-percussion-revolver

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Thanks TDM.
And, for those that would like to see what the locking notches should look like on a full fluted Army cylinder . . . take notice. The notches on Italian reproductions are so close to the flutes ( or the flutes are machined out of spec), the "tall" side is almost as short as the "short" side ( and many times they're shorter!!)!!

Love the looks of the full flutes but they come frome the factory messed up!!

Mike

Holy cow! At a glance, that looks like something you would see advertised by Pietta or Uberti, as well preserved as it is. That's definitely worth what they're asking.

TrapperDude said:

Holy cow! At a glance, that looks like something you would see advertised by Pietta or Uberti, as well preserved as it is. That's definitely worth what they're asking.

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Agree, would love to have a Time Machine and go back to a well stocked gun shop right before the war. Imagine what you could buy with $200-$300.

WOW! definatly some of the details seem different than the reproductions.

Wow!

Oh my. I am guessing as part of the cased set, the bluing was an upper grade for the civilian market?

Daveboone said:

Oh my. I am guessing as part of the cased set, the bluing was an upper grade for the civilian market?

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I think they just made them to a higher standard than we are used to seeing. Colt charged $20 for an 1860 Army, the equivalent of almost one ounce of gold.

Modern reproductions cost a fraction of that amount.

The bluing is much deeper than I anticipated. Very nice looking original piece!

Wow, I guess somebody thought that was too pretty to shoot.

Wow, now that is something to see!

probably then as now, many firearms were gifts that were never shot...or even loaded. My guess particularly the example of a fitted cased arm. Two hundred years from now, if there are arm collectors....they may very well be wondering at all the "closet queens" that survivie in such good shape.

45D said:

Thanks TDM.
And, for those that would like to see what the locking notches should look like on a full fluted Army cylinder . . . take notice. The notches on Italian reproductions are so close to the flutes ( or the flutes are machined out of spec), the "tall" side is almost as short as the "short" side ( and many times they're shorter!!)!!

Love the looks of the full flutes but they come frome the factory messed up!!

Mike

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The replicas miss by a little or a lot on so many details… worth noting too is that there were many variations in the originals as well.

Sure is a beautiful piece.

I don't care for the fluted cylinders otherwise I'd put in a bid.

Interesting that it appears to be a 7 1/2" rather than the more common 8" in the 1860.

Also interesting that theres not as sharply defined of a line on the grips as the curve comes off the back screw boss behind the trigger guard. Most of the originals in Cody Museum have the smoother edge there as well. Most modern iterations seem to have the sharper edge on the curve, I tend to file that off to improve the feel.

That's a beauty! If only I had a few hundred thousand dollars!

Rhyno said:

That's a beauty! If only I had a few hundred thousand dollars!

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Me and you both.

TDM said:

For those that would like to see what the original finish looked like on a new Colt this is probably as close as you can get. The blueing is much deeper than I suspected.

https://www.rockislandauction.com/d...nder-colt-model-1860-army-percussion-revolver

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but from what i have read,and seen before they were a peacock blue and a very thin at that,unless this was made by colt now ,,I dont know really just asking,mickey

TDM said:

For those that would like to see what the original finish looked like on a new Colt this is probably as close as you can get. The blueing is much deeper than I suspected.

https://www.rockislandauction.com/d...nder-colt-model-1860-army-percussion-revolver

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Cheeze! Looks like a repro!