Need Help on Colt's 1851 Navy

[Jim K]

The "COLT's" is right up at the front of the cylinder and it doesn't take a lot of rust or corrosion from firing to obliterate the "C" and sometimes the "O" or part of it. The whole legend was put on by rolling the cylinder on a hard steel plate with the scene in reverse, so it is not very deep, unlike the (last four) serial numbers which were put in with single number stamps and a hammer.

Jim

 

[RPRNY]

"Is there no likelihood of this being a Belgian Centaure made by FAUL?"


Absolutely none. None of the markings or serial number fonts are close to a Centaure. The controur of the loading area is different as well.

Fingers and Jim K have it right.


Willie

Fabriques d’Armes was owned by cousins Paul and Albert Hanquet. Paul was the great grandson of one J. Hanquet, who in turn was a member of the original consortium of 7 gun makers from Liege that, in April 1853, signed a licensing agreement with Sam Colt authorizing them to manufacture COLT’s Patent (COLT BREVETE) revolvers. These Belgian Pockets, Navies, and Dragoons were supposed to be sold outside the U.S.A. only. It is interesting to note that the consortium never made 1860 Armies during the 19th century. This only happened 100 years later

http://www.1960nma.org/BriefStory.html

Your certainty is misplaced, as was my reference to the later FAUL conglomerate that produced the Centaure Colts. 1851s were made under Colt license in Belgium by the predecessors of Centaure.