THE YEAR OF 1883 WAS A RAMBUNCTIOUS YEAR IN THE OLD WEST, LINCOLN COUNTY CATTLR WARS HAD JUST ENDED, AND PARTICIPNATS, LESS A FEW WHO WERE DEAD, WERE STILL ACTIVE. NOT OT MENTION THROUGH THE WEST, TRAIN ROBBERIES, BANK ROBBERIES, AND STREET VIOLENCE WERE PAEAKING. MANY A GUN FIGHT IN MANY A TOWN, IN TEXAS, NEW MEXICO, KANSAS AND INDIAN TERRITORY. THIS COLT SINGLE ACTION ARMY, SERIAL No. 93101, VERY WELL COULD HAVE BEEN IN ONE OF THOSE PLACES. COLT FACTORY LETTER STATES THIS COLT SHIPPED TO A WESTERN DEALER, SIMMONS HARDWARE , ST. LOUIS, MO. FEBRUARY 12, 1884. SIMMONS IN TURN SOLD THEIR COLT REVOLVERS ALL THROUGHOUT THE WESTERN FRONTIER. THIS ORDER ALONE CONSISTED OF 5O SAME TYPE REVOLVERS.
THE COLT HAS ALL THE FACTORY MARKINGS, CLEAR AND PRESENT. TWO LINE BARREL ADDRESS, FRAME PATENTS, AND ALL MATCHING SERIAL NUMBERS IN CORRECT LOCATIONS. SCREW SLOTS FOR THE MOST PART ARE CCLEAN SLOTS ORIGINALLY A FCATORY BLUE FINISH, AND STILL A PERCENTAGE IS PRESENT. THE BARREL, ONE SDIE , HAS STRONG DARKENED BLUE, AND FAINT CASE COLORS CAN BE SEEN ON THE FRAME AN SHAMMER. EXCELLENT KNURLING ON THE HAMMER SPUR. THE FINISH IS A DARK BLUE MIXED WITH PLUM TO YIELD AN ORIGNAL NEVER BEEN CLEANED ANTIQUE PATINA AN ATTRACTIVE REVOLVER. SINCE IT IS 1883 IT HAS THE ORIGINAL HARD RUBBER GRIPS OF EAGLE PATTERN. THEY SHOW HAND USE BT REMAIN UNDAMAGED AND CLERALY EAGLE PATTERN AND CHECKERING, NICE GRIPS ! THIS COLT IS 100% ALL ORIGINAL . NOTE: THE WORKING ACTION IS STRONG, CRISP AND FUNCTIONS 100% CORRECTLY EVERY TIME IT IS ENGAGED. ALL NOTCHES, HAMMER POSITION, CYLINDER ROTATES INDEXES AND LOCKS TIGHT. 100% MECHANICALLY CORRECT COLT.
AVERY GOOD COLT FOR 1883. 143 YEARS OLD, A REMINDER OF WHAT ONCE WAS IN AMERICA. PARTICULARLY NOW WITH OUR HISTORY AND CULTURE UNDER ATTACK FROM DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN ENEMIES.
