Hey guys, I did a search on this forum and looked at the Colt serial number sticky on this forum and am still stumped.
My uncle came by the other day to give me my grandpa's pistol. It was given to my grandpa by his grandmother. I am told by my uncle that it is a 1861 model. I went to the Colt website and entered the serial number which is 188677. When I did that ….. 15 models came up. Not sure which one it is.
The cylinder has a cool engraving scene with horses and a stage coach. It came with the leather holster and the gun powder dispenser. I did some research and it seems as if many of the antique Colt revolvers made in the 1800's came with a box. I do not have the box that it came with…. just the pistol, holster, and gun powder dispenser.
I would really like to find out more about this pistol as it is something of great sentimental value as it belonged to my grandpa. Any suggestions of what steps I could take? Colt offers a service called Archive Services that they will send you all the information along with the complete history of the firearm. I believe for my pistol it would be $200. How can they do that if my pistol carries many of the same serial numbers as other early pistols as I have read that an unique serial number was not required until 1960. Maybe someone can clear this up for me.
Also, one more caveat. The gun is all original except it is missing one screw. Where would I start to be able to find an "antique" screw that would match the rest of the screws in the best possible way?
Thanks in advance for all the help and suggestions that you can offer me!
My uncle came by the other day to give me my grandpa's pistol. It was given to my grandpa by his grandmother. I am told by my uncle that it is a 1861 model. I went to the Colt website and entered the serial number which is 188677. When I did that ….. 15 models came up. Not sure which one it is.
The cylinder has a cool engraving scene with horses and a stage coach. It came with the leather holster and the gun powder dispenser. I did some research and it seems as if many of the antique Colt revolvers made in the 1800's came with a box. I do not have the box that it came with…. just the pistol, holster, and gun powder dispenser.
I would really like to find out more about this pistol as it is something of great sentimental value as it belonged to my grandpa. Any suggestions of what steps I could take? Colt offers a service called Archive Services that they will send you all the information along with the complete history of the firearm. I believe for my pistol it would be $200. How can they do that if my pistol carries many of the same serial numbers as other early pistols as I have read that an unique serial number was not required until 1960. Maybe someone can clear this up for me.
Also, one more caveat. The gun is all original except it is missing one screw. Where would I start to be able to find an "antique" screw that would match the rest of the screws in the best possible way?
Thanks in advance for all the help and suggestions that you can offer me!