Dutchman
06-24-2012, 02:31 AM
Isn't very often I get to handle something this old or this cool..
As the m/1860 Colt Army model this one was made after the Civil War. Production ended at 200500 in 1873. Flayderman says this one fits the higher s/n range 191xxx mfg 1873-78 with 9,000 done. Has .44 on the triggerguard on the left side.
I live in a NorCal gold mining town founded in 1850. We are not far south of the Oregon border. This ol' boy is pretty typical for what the miners would carry.
http://images40.fotki.com/v775/photos/4/28344/9895637/DSCF3898c-vi.jpg
http://images12.fotki.com/v335/photos/4/28344/9895637/DSCF3900c-vi.jpg
http://images32.fotki.com/v1088/photos/4/28344/9895637/DSCF3901c-vi.jpg
No maker marks on the holster. ~Custom~ made. It is machine stitched and double stitched along the edge. It seems like it was modified from another incarnation. The back leather was stitched onto the front part. The front part has a couple holes where it was riveted/? before it was modified. There are two crude belt slots cut by knife.. you can see only one of them in the photo.
http://images58.fotki.com/v449/photos/4/28344/9895637/DSCF3902c-vi.jpg
You decide.....?
http://images114.fotki.com/v962/photos/4/28344/9895637/DSCF3926c-vi.jpg
This one was the traveling companion.. .32-20 Gen2 SAA. Rode hard, put up wet.
http://images51.fotki.com/v303/photos/4/28344/9895637/DSCF3905c-vi.jpg
As the m/1860 Colt Army model this one was made after the Civil War. Production ended at 200500 in 1873. Flayderman says this one fits the higher s/n range 191xxx mfg 1873-78 with 9,000 done. Has .44 on the triggerguard on the left side.
I live in a NorCal gold mining town founded in 1850. We are not far south of the Oregon border. This ol' boy is pretty typical for what the miners would carry.
http://images40.fotki.com/v775/photos/4/28344/9895637/DSCF3898c-vi.jpg
http://images12.fotki.com/v335/photos/4/28344/9895637/DSCF3900c-vi.jpg
http://images32.fotki.com/v1088/photos/4/28344/9895637/DSCF3901c-vi.jpg
No maker marks on the holster. ~Custom~ made. It is machine stitched and double stitched along the edge. It seems like it was modified from another incarnation. The back leather was stitched onto the front part. The front part has a couple holes where it was riveted/? before it was modified. There are two crude belt slots cut by knife.. you can see only one of them in the photo.
http://images58.fotki.com/v449/photos/4/28344/9895637/DSCF3902c-vi.jpg
You decide.....?
http://images114.fotki.com/v962/photos/4/28344/9895637/DSCF3926c-vi.jpg
This one was the traveling companion.. .32-20 Gen2 SAA. Rode hard, put up wet.
http://images51.fotki.com/v303/photos/4/28344/9895637/DSCF3905c-vi.jpg