ENGRAVED CIVIL WAR Antique COLT Model 1860 Army with IVORY GRIP Made 1864 With Gustave Young Pattern Scroll Engraving

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ENGRAVED CIVIL WAR Antique COLT Model 1860 Army with IVORY GRIP Made 1864 

With Gustave Young Pattern Scroll Engraving

Here Ancestry Guns presents an antique Engraved Colt U.S. Model 1860 Army Revolver, made in 1864 in Hartford, Connecticut. This revolver would have been issued as an officer’s or cavalryman’s sidearm. This one has a barrel and wedge that is a mere 5 digits away from the matching number on the rest of the gun, indicating that this revolver was issued in unadorned state, had the barrel swapped with a comrade’s during a cleaning of multiple guns in the field, and then sent for engraving and embellishment after the war was over. It features the wolf’s head engraving on either side of the hammer in addition to the scroll engraving on the frame, grip frame, trigger guard, barrel, and rammer. Silver plating throughout, possibly as a base layer for gold plating, which has since worn off.

The 1860 Army was the single most used pistol of the American Civil War. Over 200,000 were made from 1860 to 1873, and 156,000 of those were made by the end of the war in 1865. These were excellent sidearms for officers, cavalry, infantry, and artillery troops. The 1860 Army was Samuel Colt’s finest achievement to that point, having finally developed a large caliber revolver that weighed about 2 lbs. 10 oz. to the famous Dragoon’s 4 lbs. 4 oz., and was adopted en masse by the U.S. government with huge contracts. The revolver was well balanced in hand and had a long enough barrel to be effective when utilized as a carbine with the attachable shoulder stock.

This revolver represented unprecedented firepower from a handgun in the field at the time and was especially suited to Cavalry. The Confederacy, lacking in manufacturing capabilities though they were, managed to produce limited numbers of copies, and battlefield pickups of the 1860 Army were highly coveted. The 1860 Army went on to serve the U.S. military even after the Civil War and into the Indian Wars, until production of Colt’s 1873 Single Action Army created new waves in the revolver market, and again achieved great success in the military and commercial markets.

The overall condition is very good. Bright gray patina. Traces of gold are on the loading lever, and much silver remains on the triggerguard and grip frame. The engravings are crisp on the frame. The ivory grip is good with a repair to the small chip at the right toe. The action is strong. The bore is in very good condition, reflective with sharp rifling.

Own the original! This is a legitimate antique and not a reproduction.

Barrel is 8 inches.

Caliber: .44 Percussion

Overall condition as seen in photos.

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$9200

#259334
 

Antique: Yes

Price: $9,200.00
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