Guns International #: 103630880
Seller's Inventory #: 244556

Category - Colt Revolvers - Army - Civil War Revolvers

Category
Colt Revolvers - Army
Civil War Revolvers

STORRS PIONEER Family UTAH Antique U.S. COLT M1860 Army Revolver CIVIL WAR AMERICAN FORK, UTAH

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STORRS PIONEER Family UTAH Antique U.S. COLT M1860 Army Revolver CIVIL WAR

AMERICAN FORK, UTAH

Here we present an antique Colt U.S. Model 1860 Army Revolver, made in 1863 in Hartford, Connecticut. This revolver was attributed to the Pioneering Storrs Family of Utah in a 1981 letter from E. Dixon Larson of Orem, Utah, which can be read in the photo section. George Albert Storrs was born in Nottinghamshire, England in 1825 and emigrated to the United States in 1852, becoming a member of the Latter Day Saints and venturing to American Fork, Utah. He took two wives and had 11 children with the second, and they ran a mercantile business that appears to have also been a Wells Fargo office. He and his descendants were a part of the Mormon church as well as involved in local politics. His son, George Alfred Storrs, was Sheriff after having come to prominence building the railroad and in developing the coal mining in the area.

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. Some original blue finish with patina throughout with wear on the muzzle. The action is strong. Bore is somewhat reflective with sharp rifling. Good Battle of Campeche cylinder scene. The grips are solid with cartouches on either side. Numbers match throughout. This is a very nice example of the Union’s most widely issued sidearm of the American Civil War, with provenance to Utah!

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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Antique: Yes