REVOLVER Colt Single Action Army, model 1873 "Peacemaker"
UNITED STATES
1879
Steel
Overall length: 25.5 cm; Barrel length: 4.5 inches
Cal.: 44/40

Round barrel, rifled bore, chiseled with scrolls at the breech, remains of marking on the top "COLTS PT. FA MFG. Co HARTFORD CT. USA".
Steel frame engraved on the left side "PAT. SEPT. 19. 1871. JULY 2. - 72. JAN. 19. - 75." and serial numbered "51590" twice on the underside; decorated accordingly.
Engraved with scrolling foliage, marked "44CF".
Six-shot cylinder, six flutes and six notches.
Lock door numbered "315".
Stock numbered "51590".
All parts with the same number.
Single-action and percussion operation.

Perfect condition.

This revolver is accompanied by a Colt expert report issued on October 10, 1994 and an expert report from the National Proof House of Saint-Etienne dated September 19, 2023.

A similar engraving model appears in RL Wilson's Colt Engraving, page 277. This work was done by Hartley & Graham in New York in 1880.
This part could also have come from the Nimschke workshop or from the Helfricht workshop at the Colt factory.

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