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1903 Colt Army

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AlleyOop007

Post subject: 1903 Colt Army

Posted: Thu Aug 20, 2009 11:34 pm

Lance Cpl

Joined: Sat Jul 11, 2009 11:28 pm
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Location: New Mexico

I bought this old revolver from an estate at the same time I acquired my Model 1917:

It has very little of its finish left with some rust and fine pitting but it still locks up and shoots . . .

The cylinder latch has last 4 digits of serial number (don't bother asking - I don't know why the 3 looks like an 8 in this photo) and the frame has Inspector Rinaldo A. Carr's (R.A.C.) initials:

The serial numbers on the cylinder latch, frame and . . .

. . . cylinder arbor (please excuse the blurry photo) and . . .

. . . bottom of the grip frame all match:

The stampings on the top . . .

. . . and left side of the barrel are legible:

After shooting this and then a .45 Long Colt its easy to understand why the military decided to go back to the drawing board and come up with something a little more "persuasive".

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JOHNNY WACKO

Post subject: Re: 1903 Colt Army

Posted: Sun Aug 23, 2009 12:29 am

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Joined: Wed Jul 22, 2009 9:58 am
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You lucky dog,thats a great piece for any collection.Garage it as I would!!!

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A square 10

Post subject: Re: 1903 Colt Army

Posted: Fri Sep 11, 2009 11:41 am

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Joined: Mon Aug 06, 2007 9:26 am
Posts: 18522
Location: Minnesota , USA

we have very similar collections , my representative early 38 is also a M1903 -

have you suot yours ? i found a box of 38 long colts but never got this to the range for a testfire

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subhunter76

Post subject: Re: 1903 Colt Army

Posted: Sun Sep 13, 2009 9:15 am

Major

Joined: Tue Aug 28, 2007 9:45 pm
Posts: 918
Location: New England

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AlleyOop007

Post subject: Re: 1903 Colt Army

Posted: Sun Sep 13, 2009 10:29 am

Lance Cpl

Joined: Sat Jul 11, 2009 11:28 pm
Posts: 23
Location: New Mexico

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