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Bought a reblued Colt 1860 Army 44

Post by ruhler » Sat May 11, 2019 1:17 pm

Been searching for some time and saving up money and today I bought a reblued original Colt 1860 Army, searched with serialnumber:
Year of Manufacture: 1866: Model: 1860 ARMY (.44 CALIBER WITH NAVAL ENGAGEMENT SCENE ON CYLINDER)

Matching numbers on frame, barrel, wedge, cylinder, cylinderpin. It was sold as a civilgun therefor the silverplated triggerguard. Everything works perfect, its tight and and it shoots like a dream with .457 roundballs. Barrel is sharp, its not totally mirrorfinish its a little matte but really nice. Sights works for me at 25m on a bullseye target I aim below the black at the 4ring and it hitts center.

Sad part is that its reblued and the loading lever is nickelplated, but its beautiful and affordable it must have been in excellent shape when it was reblued all numbers and markings are sharp and cylinder scene is good. But will try to find a original loading lever and match it to the gun. I know its an original revolver "destroyed" by reblueing I never thought I was going to buy a reblued one, im more of an traditionalist I like it when its patina. A friend of mine has owned it for some years and he bought it from a serious antique blackpowder gun store/collector. Ive been drooling over this gun for years and now my friend offered me to buy it for a reasonable price a lot less than what he payed for it, I couldnt resist it now I have a beautiful shooter. Cant believe its mine its so beautiful, :)

Lost pictures check this thread for pics: http://henryrifleforums.com/viewtopic.php?f=42&t=6811
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Re: Bought a reblued Colt 1860 Army 44

Post by dddrees » Sat May 11, 2019 1:27 pm

Very nice, Congrats!!!

Black Powder isn't my thing but I do like the way these old revolvers look and I can certainly appreciate the history.

Very cool, thanks for sharing.
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Re: Bought a reblued Colt 1860 Army 44

Post by RanchRoper » Sat May 11, 2019 1:31 pm

Would be fun to get one of those antique roadshow type guys to give you more history...
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Re: Bought a reblued Colt 1860 Army 44

Post by dddrees » Sat May 11, 2019 1:36 pm

RanchRoper wrote:
Sat May 11, 2019 1:31 pm
Would be fun to get one of those antique roadshow type guys to give you more history...
I personally have a few vintage things that really appealed to me but nothing nearly of that vintage. As cool as it is it's typically not my thing although I can appreciate them.
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Re: Bought a reblued Colt 1860 Army 44

Post by RanchRoper » Sat May 11, 2019 1:58 pm

Best I can do is my original Henry 44 rimfire bullet...
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Re: Bought a reblued Colt 1860 Army 44

Post by JEBar » Sat May 11, 2019 2:09 pm

very nice .... should be a fun shooter .... looking forward to hearing your comments after spending some time getting to know it better
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Re: Bought a reblued Colt 1860 Army 44

Post by Vaquero » Sat May 11, 2019 5:07 pm

Very cool. Congrats!

They make a nice pair. Jealous.
Have the same pair except, sshh...

mine are just replicas.

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Re: Bought a reblued Colt 1860 Army 44

Post by BigAl52 » Sat May 11, 2019 5:18 pm

I as well have a 1860 replica. Just dont have time to shoot black powder here lately to many other things going on. But its neat you have an original.
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Re: Bought a reblued Colt 1860 Army 44

Post by Ojaileveraction » Sat May 11, 2019 7:17 pm

Quite a good looking Hog Leg.
Those black powder pistols have a certain appeal to me.
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Re: Bought a reblued Colt 1860 Army 44

Post by Vaquero » Sat May 11, 2019 8:10 pm

I think the '60 look better than the '58, but
the 58's are a lot easier to disassemble and clean.

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