Elderly Colt Revolvers

[velocette]

Thanks to the help of several THR members, this shadow box display of Colt revolvers from the 1851 'Navy' through the 1892 'DA .38 has been completed with sample rounds for each.
Photo is without the glass front of the box to eliminate reflections. (no-one wants to see my almost equally elderly face.)
From top, model numbers: 1851 'Navy' .36 caliber cap & ball. 1873 'Frontier' .44-40 (.44 WCF)
1892, DA .38. 1874 pocket 'muff' pistol, .22 short RF (Gold plated frame & Ivory grips).
Shadowbox is now hanging on the wall in my "man cave".

 

[sparkyv]

Awesome display, velocette! Thanks for sharing.

 

[NIGHTLORD40K]

Super cool!

 

[jar]

Rather than Elderly I prefer the term Experienced.

 

[bannockburn]

velocette

Awesome looking shadow box display!

An excellent addition for the walls of your "man cave"!

 

[Jim Watson]

1873 'Frontier' .44-40 (.44 WCF)

Colt added .44-40 to the SA in 1878. They marked them and them only as "Frontier Six Shooter" first as a big etched panel, later as a roll mark.

 

[velocette]

Jim; My SA Colt model of 1873 was made in 1889 and is a Frontier model .44-40.

 

[Mark_Mark]

Jim; My SA Colt model of 1873 was made in 1889 and is a Frontier model .44-40.

those are EXPENSIVE!

 

[Jim Watson]

Jim; My SA Colt model of 1873 was made in 1889 and is a Frontier model .44-40.

Is it marked on the left side of the barrel? I can't blow the picture up sharp enough to tell.

 

[velocette]

No, nothing that I can see with a magnifying glass.