M1860's Cavalry Commemoratives

[Skinny 1950]

I have a couple of Colt revolvers that were made in the '70's I think and are some sort of commemorative U.S thing.
I am in Canada so not sure what these are about.
They have a stamp on the left side of the barrel that is: United States Cavalry Commemorative.
Here is a picture:

 

[dickydalton]

I believe they are F1200 2nd Generation.

 

[J-Bar]

Colt made some boxed commemorative sets. If your guns came from such a set, they will have the same serial numbers, but one will have "US" before the numerals, and the other will have "US" after the numerals.

There are several for sale on Gunbroker:

http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=495717869

I had a set, they shot ok, traded them off.

 

[Crawdad1]

A good start to a great collection of 2nd Generation Colts. Skinny, do you have the box and paperwork?

 

[Skinny 1950]

These guns didn't come in a wood presentation case, they were in a brown cardboard box with a styrofoam liner.
A dealer was selling an entire Colt collection including a lot of nice original antiques. I bought a total of six second generation Colts, two 3rd model Dragoons these 1860's a squareback 1851 with silver plated backstrap and trigger guard and an 1862 Police ,also silver plated.

 

[dickydalton]

These guns didn't come in a wood presentation case, they were in a brown cardboard box with a styrofoam liner.
A dealer was selling an entire Colt collection including a lot of nice original antiques. I bought a total of six second generation Colts, two 3rd model Dragoons these 1860's a squareback 1851 with silver plated backstrap and trigger guard and an 1862 Police ,also silver plated.

Jackpot! Congratulations.