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      <title>[Pre-1899 Firearms] Re: Colt Archives Customer Service</title>
      <link>http://www.antiqueguns.com/phorum/read.php?6,19079,19083#msg-19083</link>
      <author>C.W. Howard</author>
      <description><![CDATA[Yes, transcription to a searchable data-base WOULD make sense. At the very least it could be done as inquiies come in - as part of the preparation of the eltter, enter the data in the databse, eh?]]></description>
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      <title>[Pre-1899 Firearms] Re: Mail Order House Records?</title>
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      <author>steg</author>
      <description><![CDATA[I doubt seriously that any records from the famous Colt distributors exist today. When they were in operation, they were not required under law to record serial numbers or keep records, as is required today. Since the filing and keeping of records costs money, I doubt that they bothered to keep any paperwork other than what was needed for their business- and after a few years, these records were discarded.
I think that the only reason that Colt kept such early records was to proove they had valid patents when they sued every interloper in sight, and because of their massive government contracts during the 19th century.
Bear in mind that serial number registration of civilian hand guns did not come into existance for the Feds until the 1930's]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 14:03:50 -0600</pubDate>
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      <title>[Pre-1899 Firearms] Re: Mail Order House Records?</title>
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      <author>hrf</author>
      <description><![CDATA[The paper back &quot;Arming the West&quot; has S.H.&amp; G. data, but just types and quantities, no serial numbers.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 14:01:50 -0600</pubDate>
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      <title>[Pre-1899 Firearms] Re: Colt Archives Customer Service</title>
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      <author>Randy K.</author>
      <description><![CDATA[It would still nmake since to have someone take those ledger records and transcribe to an online database.  At some point those hand-written records won't be legible.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 12:12:19 -0600</pubDate>
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      <title>[Pre-1899 Firearms] Re: Colt Archives Customer Service</title>
      <link>http://www.antiqueguns.com/phorum/read.php?6,19079,19079#msg-19079</link>
      <author>C.W. Howard</author>
      <description><![CDATA[Having done some research in old, handwritten legal records, I will say that finding things in old ledgers and then deciphering it is a chore. It might not be &quot;research&quot;, but it is surely a PITA and often a far from trivial expenditure of time.

That said - doesn't matter if expedited service would be avaialble for the two i want data on. No hurry, and since I can get both for just a little more than what one with expedited service would be....]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 12:08:15 -0600</pubDate>
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      <title>[Pre-1899 Firearms] Re: Colt Archives Customer Service</title>
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      <author>far west</author>
      <description><![CDATA[They will only put in a letter what is in the ledger. I hardly think that reading what is in a ledger is a &quot;big job&quot; requiring 3 to 4 months.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 10:12:30 -0600</pubDate>
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      <title>[Pre-1899 Firearms] Re: Colt Archives Customer Service</title>
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      <author>hmaag</author>
      <description><![CDATA[They still research because the records are not complete. Never forget that the original ledgers are often hand written and hard to decipher. A big job.
Hans]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 10:07:55 -0600</pubDate>
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      <title>[Pre-1899 Firearms] Re: Colt Archives Customer Service</title>
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      <author>far west</author>
      <description><![CDATA[Expedited service is Colt SAAs only. They are computerized and can be pulled up on the computer. I used to call Marty Huber and he would give me the information about 15 seconds after I gave him the serial number. The information on other guns is simply information retrieval from ledgers, and if Colt had better customer service they would hire another clerk or 2 and they could get customers their factory letters much quicker than the 3 to 4 months it now takes. These letters are a money maker for Colt. They say they are swamped with letter requests, but they will not do anything to make the service more customer friendly. They do not do research, they just retrieve information from files. And with SAAs it is done in a matter of seconds.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 09:51:06 -0600</pubDate>
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      <title>[Pre-1899 Firearms] Mail Order House Records?</title>
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      <author>pikeman</author>
      <description><![CDATA[Does anyone know if any records exist regarding sales or shipping of items (ie. firearms) from major companies such as Shuler, Hartley &amp; Graham, or B. Kittredge &amp; Co., etc., other than some references to military purchases.

I would expect that such records could be in private hands, university archives, or perhaps subsequent owners of those former businesses which have closed under their old names - provided that such information yet exists and has not been destroyed or lost in time?

pikeman]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 09:10:10 -0600</pubDate>
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      <title>[Pre-1899 Firearms] Re: Colt Archives Customer Service</title>
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      <author>Randy K.</author>
      <description><![CDATA[Bill, congrats on your pick-up and the info that comes with it.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 08:15:48 -0600</pubDate>
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      <title>[Pre-1899 Firearms] Re: Colt Archives Customer Service</title>
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      <author>C Worman</author>
      <description><![CDATA[Things may have changed, but I believe as of several years ago the first generation SAA information had been computerized thus allowing the prompt phone service but on that model only.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 06:30:51 -0600</pubDate>
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      <title>[Pre-1899 Firearms] Re: Colt Archives Customer Service</title>
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      <author>pikeman</author>
      <description><![CDATA[I believe you are correct, John. I'm looking at the 2011 list of fees, which is a bit confusing, however, if it hasn't been revised for 2012, it appears that the expedited premium is only available for the 1st Generation SAA phone service. I hadn't noticed it before as I was only interested in the 1st Generation SAA, thus only looked in that section.

pikeman]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 18:20:23 -0600</pubDate>
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      <title>[Pre-1899 Firearms] Re: Colt Archives Customer Service</title>
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      <author>John Gross</author>
      <description><![CDATA[I THINK the expedited service only applies to the SAA.

John Gross]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 17:47:05 -0600</pubDate>
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      <title>[Pre-1899 Firearms] Re: Colt Archives Customer Service</title>
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      <author>C.W. Howard</author>
      <description><![CDATA[Yes, I checked the price list. I think I may order both, without the expedited service, since standard service would letter both guns for only $25 more than one with expedited.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 11:46:37 -0600</pubDate>
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      <title>[Pre-1899 Firearms] Re: Colt Archives Customer Service</title>
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      <author>pikeman</author>
      <description><![CDATA[Clyde:

1977 DA basic price for a letter is $100.00.

Police Positive Special is $75.00.

Expedited service is an additional $50.00 per gun.

pikeman]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 11:24:30 -0600</pubDate>
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      <title>[Pre-1899 Firearms] Re: Colt SAA Barrel Lengths</title>
      <link>http://www.antiqueguns.com/phorum/read.php?6,19061,19068#msg-19068</link>
      <author>C.W. Howard</author>
      <description><![CDATA[Those military inspected parts were probably taken from stock and used in your civilian gun - I am pretty sure that small parts were NOT inspected at the time of assembly of militry arms, but inspected in lots that were then put into stock and used in whatever production was taking place, with care being taken that a military arm did get only inspected parts.Could be wrong about taht, but don't think so.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 10:33:21 -0600</pubDate>
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      <title>[Pre-1899 Firearms] Re: Colt Archives Customer Service</title>
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      <author>C.W. Howard</author>
      <description><![CDATA[Interesting. I need to, i think, get my 1877 DA (in 38 Colt) lettered. Won't, I expect, show much, but still, be interesting to have. MAybe my Police Positive Special as well.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 10:27:32 -0600</pubDate>
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      <title>[Pre-1899 Firearms] Re: Colt SAA Barrel Lengths</title>
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      <author>pikeman</author>
      <description><![CDATA[Thank you, Larry.

See &quot;Colt Archives Customer Service&quot; discussion in this forum.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 09:48:55 -0600</pubDate>
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      <title>[Pre-1899 Firearms] Re: Colt SAA Barrel Lengths</title>
      <link>http://www.antiqueguns.com/phorum/read.php?6,19061,19065#msg-19065</link>
      <author>Larry</author>
      <description><![CDATA[One scenario &amp; a plausible one, is that the piece is a Colt buyback or a military condemned piece that was resold on the civilian market.  You will encounter such pieces from time to time.
Value wise, it will not compare to a true military piece but will bring a fair amount as most Colts do.  The shortened barrel will reduce the value some what but, if the ivory grips are old ones, will negate the reduced barrel length short comings.  There are those that have a thing for ivories &amp; the grips can command a high price.  I must admit, I have a love affair with beautiful aged ivories myself.
It might not hurt to check with SRS or if you feel lucky, (with lots of money) check with Colt. 
The piece could, among other scenarios, been a stolen piece with the U.S. removed &amp; grips replaced or, many officers bought their own sidearm from surplus company issued sidearms (as long as it didn't short an issue to an enlisted man) &amp; after leaving the service, carried the sidearm into civilian life.  They usually embellished the sidearm with new grips. 
I have a real early four digit U.S. Colt that was well taken care of that has an ivory diamond inserted into both sides of the grips,  You can still see a faint cartouche on the grip.  MY guess it was purchased by an officer who later, after leaving the service, embellished the piece.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 09:39:21 -0600</pubDate>
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      <title>[Pre-1899 Firearms] Colt Archives Customer Service</title>
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      <author>pikeman</author>
      <description><![CDATA[Regarding my recent acquisition of a Colt SAA Revolver, as discussed elsewhere in this forum, in the last 24 hours, I have discovered much about it that I could only surmise yesterday. Last night, I looked in &quot;The Book of Colt Firearms&quot; and checked out the serial number which was reputed as manufactured in the year 1875 - probably mid 1875. I came to believe that the gun started out as a military weapon and was subsequently plated and used as a civilian weapon. I made a decision to contact Colt archives today and see if I could get a letter from them and learn a factual order of things - at least up until it left the Colt factory. I have read, here and in other places, that Colt had a very expensive and slow customer service to deal with, so I wasn't expecting much from them.

I called them at 9:10 am and got an immediate pick up from a man named Joe Canali. I explained who I was and what I was looking for, and he told me that a letter would cost $100.00 and would show the caliber, barrel length, type of grips, finish, whom ordered by, where shipped to, and on what date. He also said that it would take up to 120 days for the letter to reach me - however - for another $50.00 (expedited service) the research could be done today and he would call me back and tell me what he discovered verbally, then follow up the call with a letter within three weeks. I went for the $150.00 package, of course, and I got my call back from him at 10:00 am! Absolutely fantastic service, if you ask me!

The gun was manufactured with a blued finish; there were no records of barrel length or grip type (however, Mr. Canali said that such usually indicates a 7 1/2&quot; bbl and walnut grips); B. Kittredge &amp; Co., of Cincinatti, Ohio, placed the order and my gun, in .45 cal., along with 49 others, was shipped to Schuler, Hartley &amp; Graham, in NY City. It shipped from the factory, on June 24, 1876 - one day prior to the Custer Massacre!

Now I know that my gun was never a military purchase and could not possibly have been instrumental in that fight, but it does have several parts which show the military inspection stamps of individual inspectors. So far, I have found &quot;C&quot; and &quot;L&quot;. Serial numbers - all matching - are seen on the frame, trigger housing, back strap, barrel and cylinder. The barrel has been shortened by 1/4&quot;, and the grips have been changed from walnut to ivory (probably when the finish was changed from blued to plated). Nearly all the plated finish is now gone, but the ivory grips have weathered nicely over the years. This gun has seen much hard use, but cycles nicely and functions in fine fashion. In order for the gun's owner to have decided to trim the barrel, and refinish the weapon, it has to have been well used even before the now missing plated finish was applied. As for the shortened barrel, it matters not a bit, as the homogenous appearance of this old timer, and it's civilian usage, only proves that these guns were indeed tools of the times and as such would have been repaired and upgraded by their subsequesn owners as necessity dictated.

It's a wonderful piece!

pikeman]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 09:35:15 -0600</pubDate>
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      <title>[Pre-1899 Firearms] Re: Colt SAA Barrel Lengths</title>
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      <author>pikeman</author>
      <description><![CDATA[Jeff:

Thanks for the reply.

I'm inclined to agree with you. Of course, what was not mine when I made the first post is now in my possession and I am currently scrutinizing it for whatever identity this old smoke stick wants to reveal. I have found two military inspector's marks on the piece so far, so it might have started out as a military weapon. I think a call to Colt might reveal something which should prove out that suspecion. It also appears that the gun had once been either nickel or chrome plated, as there are no traces of blue anywhere, but does have a couple of areas which seem to show traces of shiny finish. What wasn't told me initially is that the grips are IVORY! According to &quot;The Book of Colt Firearms&quot; the serial number is attributed to 1875. The gun is completely homogenous and does not show any signs of having been dinked with in a very long time. 

Although I am still inspecting the gun, I'm putting together a scenerio of what it might be. 

I suspect it was a military weapon which was somehow removed from service perhaps spurriously? It showed wear at the muzzle, and some post military service refinishing effort allowed, at that time, for the muzzle to be trued by removing 1/4&quot; of barrel before the gun was refinished using nickel, or chrome, and new ivory grips installed. Also at that time, the &quot;U.S.&quot; marking was removed, however, some inspector's markings were left intact. I believe everything was done prior to the invention of smokeless powder.

In any case, it is a fine looking piece that doesn't hide spurrious &quot;put back&quot; efforts to deceive the buyer of it's originality.

pikeman]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 18:46:42 -0600</pubDate>
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      <title>[Pre-1899 Firearms] Re: Colt SAA Barrel Lengths</title>
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      <author>jeffanderson</author>
      <description><![CDATA[I do not believe that any were made short at the factory.  We all know lots of guns were shortened a bit during the time of use, sort of like putting a wood pencil into the sharpener to put a better end on it.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 17:46:32 -0600</pubDate>
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      <title>[Pre-1899 Firearms] Colt SAA Barrel Lengths</title>
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      <author>pikeman</author>
      <description><![CDATA[Gentlemen:

It seems like every time I post a question here, it turns out to be a stumper. Well, here's another question in hopes that I will break the string.

I am going to be viewing a Colt SAA slanted letters address (which I believe means that it is one of the first 24,000 such manufactured). It is supposed to be a grey gun, with all parts matching in serial numbers. There is, however, one thing about it which might be a negative factor. The barrel length is 7 1/4&quot; in length. That will probably indicate a 1/4&quot; shortening, or maybe it was originally made that way?

I know that many Colt M-1860 Army model revolvers tended to show holster wear at the muzzle, and that some were shortened back to a point of full outside diameter, and I know that some were made a bit short of full advertised length, as I have owned both varieties.

Can anyone tell me if they have seen such alterations on the SAA, or if they have seen factory short barrels?

I wouldn't put it past Sam Colt to use short barrels on the civilian market, as it is no big thing to civilian trade, as much as it would have been as a military procurement not meeting specifications.

In any case, what percentage of value would such a gun lose, (1) - if it was made that way, or (2) - if it was shortened?

pikeman]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 12:17:09 -0600</pubDate>
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      <title>[Pre-1899 Firearms] Re: Colt 1860 Army Question</title>
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      <author>McCord</author>
      <description><![CDATA[Not on my list.  In fact, the next higest number to 46431 is 42793 (making the actual statistical grouping even smaller, but I won't go there).  Your number was likely made in March-May 1862 unless there was a serious serial number scramble at that time.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 13 May 2012 15:39:47 -0600</pubDate>
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      <title>[Pre-1899 Firearms] Re: Colt 1860 Army Question</title>
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      <author>C.W. Howard</author>
      <description><![CDATA[Yes, an under 2K 1860 fluted Army ought to have a Colt letter. When the time comes for somebody (your son or his heirs) to flog it off, the gun having a letter will attract more interest and lead to a quicker sale, no matter what it says. And if it shows it went South, there  will be a premium, unless things change a lot in the collecting world. And the letters won't get cheaper...]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 13 May 2012 12:22:02 -0600</pubDate>
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      <author>stevens97262</author>
      <description><![CDATA[Thanks for the advice.  I will run it up the flag pole and see if anyone salutes.  I will let you know what I find.  I assume it will take a few weeks or a month.  Great forum.  Next thing I have been chasing after is the identity of two long guns, both pre-civil war muskets (I think).  I will post the question with pictures under a separate heading.  Have a great day!
Jim S.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 13 May 2012 09:58:05 -0600</pubDate>
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      <title>[Pre-1899 Firearms] Re: Colt 1860 Army Question</title>
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      <author>Randy K.</author>
      <description><![CDATA[I'd agree with Jeff plus it has a chance of having been shipped south.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 13 May 2012 09:23:17 -0600</pubDate>
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      <title>[Pre-1899 Firearms] Re: Colt 1860 Army Question</title>
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      <author>jeffanderson</author>
      <description><![CDATA[I would get a letter for this early 17xx serial gun.

J]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 13 May 2012 09:00:11 -0600</pubDate>
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      <title>[Pre-1899 Firearms] Re: Colt 1860 Army Question</title>
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      <author>stevens97262</author>
      <description><![CDATA[With regard to provenance, is the Colt letter (if anything comes back) really worth the cost?  Is it easily verified once received, or is there a process you must go through again?  I was going to attempt to line one up for my son's sake, as I assume he will end up with it.  Would any of you guys get one if you didnt intend to sell the piece (it aint eatin' anything sitting in my gun safe)?

Looks like the serial number is a real crap shoot, even though it is low.  My luck would be that the gun never left Connecticut until my pap got it.  Sam kept it in his desk drawer for protection, perhaps...

I guess a better question would be if anyone had an issue with a Colt letter(or knows of a negative issue)?  I have seen your replies regarding their value. I did look at their website and called them, but got the infernal answering machine.  
JS.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 13 May 2012 08:44:32 -0600</pubDate>
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      <author>hmaag</author>
      <description><![CDATA[One of my Army 60 revolvers is a dig-up condition gun serial 43820. I found the following inspectors marks: An S on backstrap behind the hammer, behind the triggerguard bow, on the cylinder and a T (John Taylor?) on the barrel, left over the wedge. Perhaps a CO B 1st Calif. Cav gun.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 13 May 2012 08:35:39 -0600</pubDate>
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