FACTORY LETTERED Civil War Antique U.S. COLT Model 1860 ARMY .44 DC SHIPPED With Battle of Campeche Cylinder Scene!

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FACTORY LETTERED Civil War Antique U.S. COLT Model 1860 ARMY .44 DC SHIPPED

With Battle of Campeche Cylinder Scene!

Here Ancestry Guns presents an antique Factory Lettered Colt U.S. Model 1860 Army Revolver, made in 1863 in Hartford, Connecticut. The factory letter for it states that this one was shipped to the Washington Arsenal in Washington, D.C., on October 7, 1863, along with 999 others. There are single letter government inspection markings on various components and faint cartouches on both sides of the grip. This one has a nice Battle of Campeche cylinder scene, which was Colt’s trademark for this model, even the ones made for the US military.

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 fine. Very finely and expertly refinished. Clear cylinder scene. The action is excellent and crisp. The bore is patinated with strong rifling. The grip is solid and there is a visible Ordnance inspector cartouche on each side. The numbers match throughout. A wonderfully preserved, superior example of the most prolific Union sidearm of the American Civil War!

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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$6750

#259626
 

Antique: Yes

Price: $6,750.00
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