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LOT 3223
Desirable U.S. Martially Inspected Civil War Four Screw Frame Colt Model 1860 Army Percussion
Revolver with Shoulder Stock - Serial no. 12484, 44 cal., 8 inch round bbl., blue finish, walnut grips. The
Colt Model 1860 Army Revolver was the primary handgun of the Union Army, especially the Union Cavalry,
during the Civil War and remained one of the primary U.S. martial sidearms until the adoption of the Colt
Single Action Army in the mid-1870s. Like Colt’s other percussion revolvers, they were well-regarded thanks
to their reliability and consistent high quality. Nearly all of the U.S. contract Model 1860 Army revolvers
show signs of hard use in the Civil War and beyond, and this is especially true for revolvers from earlier in
production like this one given they were rushed into service and issued to Union cavalrymen eager for
arms early in the war. However, this revolver retains significant original finish and is also a rare government
inspected “four-screw” variation complete with a correct shoulder stock. It was manufactured in 1861 under
contract with the U.S. government.
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