A Colt 1860 Army Percussion Revolver. 14 ½” overall, 8” round barrel with blade foresight, engraved with ‘ADDRESS COL. SAMl COLT NEW YORK U.S. AMERICA’. Stepped cylinder with faint engraved naval scene, brass trigger guard, iron backstrap cut for shoulder stock. All parts numbered 31637 with Government Inspector’s stamps and very faint cartouche in walnut grips.
31637 for early 1862.
An Early Civil War Revolver in well used condition, sighting groove filed in barrel, non-standard replaced wedge screw. Cylinder very bruised, but action tight