VERY EARLY 1867-1869 / COLT 1860 ARMY CONVERSION / LONG CYLINDER, .44 RIM FIRE

i AM PLEASED TO OFFER THE EARLIEST AND SCARCEST OF THE COLT 1860 ARMY CONVERSIONS. UTILIZING THE HENRY .44 RIM FIRE CARTRIDGE, WHICH WAS USED DURING THE CIVIL WAR. AT THE END OF HOSTILITIES THERE WERE THOUSAND SOF 1860 ARMY REVOLVERS , A KNOWN AND RELAIBLE PISTOL. NOW CAME THE FORWARD THINKING DESIGNERS AND CREATORS. LOOKING TO ADAPT WAS WAS AVAILABLE TO THE NEW SELF CONTAINED CARTRIDGE. ALSO, IT COULD BE BREECH LOADING. NAMES EVENTUALLY EVOLVED, THUER ( NOT A BREECH LOADER, TOO PRIMITIVE) RICHARDS, THEN MASON BUT BEFORE THEN WE HAVE THE EARLIEST, THE LONG CYLINDER CONVERSION TO .44 HENRY RIMFIRE. ORIGINALLY THIS WAS A  3 SCREW, CUT FOR STOCK ISSUED 1860 IN 1863. IT MADE IT TO A HIGHLY SKILLED PROFESSIONAL GUNSMITH, MODIFICATIONS WERE MADE, AND THE FINISHED PRODUCT WAS A SIX SHOT 44 RIM FIRE CARTRIDGE REVOLVER !!! BRUCE MCDOWELL, IN HIS BOOK, COLT CONVERSIONS, ON PAGES 406-410, GOES INTO DETAIL AS TO THIS MODEL. ALSO MANY PHOTOGRAPHS FROM KNOWN COLLECTION PIECES, LIKE C.D. TERRY. ONE LIKE THIS ONE IS PICTURED, BUT ONLY A FEW SERIAL NUMBERS AWAY. THIS LONG CYLINDER IS SERIAL NUMMBER 110133, AND IS ALL MATCHING, BARREL, FRAME, TRIGGER GUARD, BACK STRAP ETC… BARREL ADDRESS STILL LEGIBLE AND FRAME PATENT. MECHANICALLY THIS IS A 100% CORRECT WORKING ACTION.  THE ACTION IS STIFF, AS IT STILL HAS IT’S ORIGINAL CW MAIN SPRING, KNOWN TO BE STFF TO MAKE SURE THE PERCUSSION CAPS WERE IGNITED. CYLINDER TURNS WITH EACH HAMMER PULL, INDEXES AND LOCKS TIGHT.  THIS REVOLVER WAS A USED ON THE POST CW FRONTIER, AND COMES WITH IT’S ORIGINAL, SLIM JIM FLAP HOLSTER !!. THE HOLSTER IS IN GREAT CONDITION FOR AGE AND USE ! THIS CONVERTED COLT WAS A TRUE WILD WEST FRONTIER CARRIED REVOLVER. CARRIED BY A REAL WESTERNER IN THE WILD AND DANGEROUS POST CW ERA. MAYBE CORNY TO SAY, BUT IT WAS THERE, A REAL PART OF THE NEW EXPANDING WILD WEST. CERTAINLY USED FOR WHATEVER THE REASON. THE SURFACE IS A DARK GRAY/PLUM PATINA. all NATURAL, NEVER BEEN CLEANED. SAME  WAY WITH THE BRASS, A SOFT MUSTARD PATINA. THE ORIGINAL WALNUT ONE PEICE GRIPOS EXHIBIT SOME DINGS AND A SMALL AMOUNT OF DAMAGE AT THE JUNCTURE WITH THE FRAME. JUST A WONDERFUL SPECIMEN OF AN EARLY CARTRIDGE CONVERSION OF A COLT 1860 FROM THE EARLIEST FRONTIER DAYS !