Is this an authentic 1860 Colt?

[PathfinderNC]

I thought a ‘collective’ was one of those old hippie communes or some new woke thang

 

[Stantheman86]

Shoulda said, “What do ya’ll think of this here? Is it a real Cotls?”

Hive Mind

 

[Bad Karma]

Hive Mind

Live and learn. I’m using that from now on. Sounds hip…

 

[TFoley]

Meanwhile, going back a few years here in the North of England, an old lady passed away, and among her effects was a cased and fitted out .34cal early model Colt Paterson revolver. With no family or relatives to benefit, it went to auction at Bonham's where it raised a LOT of money - around £220,000 - at that time, almost half a million dollars.

Extremely Rare Colt Revolver Found in House Clearance at Bonhams Extraordinary Firearms Sale


Antique Arms, Modern Sporting Guns & Exceptional Firearms
3 Dec 2020
London, Knightsbridge
An Exceptionally Rare Cased Deluxe .34 Percussion Colt Paterson No. 2 Belt Model Revolver
No. 576, Circa 1840

An exceptionally rare cased deluxe .34 percussion Colt Paterson no. 2 belt model revolver made around 1840 leads Bonhams Antique Arms, Modern Sporting Guns and Exceptional Firearms auction in London on Thursday 3 December. It is estimated at £200,000-300,000.
Found by Bonhams specialists during a routine house clearance in 2002, the revolver sold at Bonhams that same year for what was then a European record and is now reappearing on the market. It remains a mystery as to how the firearm ended up in the UK. The gun bears the serial number 576 and is considered one of the two finest surviving Colt Paterson no. 2 belt model revolvers in the world; the other one is known as the Serri Paterson.
Bonhams Head of Arms and Armour David Williams said: "This is an incredibly rare survivor especially given its outstanding condition. Each revolver of this type was decorated individually, and the standard of workmanship is considered to be in a class of its own."

 

[Stantheman86]

Live and learn. I’m using that from now on. Sounds hip…

I use it a lot. People ask me stuff like "what do all you guys who shoot guns a lot use as a CLP" I'm like , I'll have to consult the Hive Mind of avid shooters

 

[Stantheman86]

Meanwhile, going back a few years here in the North of England, an old lady passed away, and among her effects was a cased and fitted out .34cal early model Colt Paterson revolver. With no family or relatives to benefit, it went to auction at Bonham's where it raised a LOT of money - around £220,000 - at that time, almost half a million dollars.

Extremely Rare Colt Revolver Found in House Clearance at Bonhams Extraordinary Firearms Sale


Antique Arms, Modern Sporting Guns & Exceptional Firearms
3 Dec 2020
London, Knightsbridge
An Exceptionally Rare Cased Deluxe .34 Percussion Colt Paterson No. 2 Belt Model Revolver
No. 576, Circa 1840

An exceptionally rare cased deluxe .34 percussion Colt Paterson no. 2 belt model revolver made around 1840 leads Bonhams Antique Arms, Modern Sporting Guns and Exceptional Firearms auction in London on Thursday 3 December. It is estimated at £200,000-300,000.
Found by Bonhams specialists during a routine house clearance in 2002, the revolver sold at Bonhams that same year for what was then a European record and is now reappearing on the market. It remains a mystery as to how the firearm ended up in the UK. The gun bears the serial number 576 and is considered one of the two finest surviving Colt Paterson no. 2 belt model revolvers in the world; the other one is known as the Serri Paterson.
Bonhams Head of Arms and Armour David Williams said: "This is an incredibly rare survivor especially given its outstanding condition. Each revolver of this type was decorated individually, and the standard of workmanship is considered to be in a class of its own."

You just never know

My friends grandfather was a WWII Pacific Theater Marine vet, and when he passed he left a footlocker to my friend who is also a Marine

He opened it and noticed a false bottom , underneath which was a Japanese Type 100 SMG and a live Japanese stick grenade

He said he buried the grenade deep on the corner of some family property and the Type 100 will be dissapeared deep into the shadowy depths of where stuff like familial passdown machine guns go to forever stay out of the public eye and maybe 3 trusted family members will even know the location of

 

[Bad Karma]

You just never know

My friends grandfather was a WWII Pacific Theater Marine vet, and when he passed he left a footlocker to my friend who is also a Marine

He opened it and noticed a false bottom , underneath which was a Japanese Type 100 SMG and a live Japanese stick grenade

He said he buried the grenade deep on the corner of some family property and the Type 100 will be dissapeared deep into the shadowy depths of where stuff like familial passdown machine guns go to forever stay out of the public eye and maybe 3 trusted family members will even know the location of

Exactly as it should be… exactly.