I do have a COLT.38 single action army with the inscription EBS 2227
EBS abbreviation stands fro Greek Royal Army in Greek.Could someone give me an idea on the model year for this gun?
Thanks,
Yiannis
I have a reference that suggests the 1894 Colt Army revolver was issued in Greece in 38 cal... and that in 1914-15 the Greek army bout 25,000 Army specials from Colt. ()These were .38 S&W or .38 Long Colt.
I'm still looking for a a single action army reference.
Following your remarks I spent the night cleaning the gun so I get the serial number:
It is written in 3 separate lines as follows:
B-
366822-
8-
On the barrel side it reads:
COLT ARMY SPECIAL .38
On the barrel's top it reads:
PTF A.MFG CO.HARTFORD DT.USA
PATD. AUG 5 1884 JUNE 5 1900 JULY4 1905
As Dr Rob says, this is from the contract of 1914.
A prior thread mentioning that the Greek army was the only military to ever buy the Army Special, after which Colt renamed the revolver the Official Police. http://www.thehighroad.org/archive/index.php/t-577116.html
Caliber is probably .38 Special.
Look in the chambers and see if you see the step down from cartridge case diameter to bullet diameter. That would indicate .38 Special manufacture.
If the chambers are bored straight through that would be for .38 Long Colt, but 1914 is late for them to still be making .38 Long Colt revolvers.
The chambers have indeed a step down from the cartridge case diameter to bullet diameter.
The revolver reads .38 special so ,I know by now what ammo I can use.
Thank you all for the valuable info .
Yiannis
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