Colt 1878 Frontier DA

Manufactured in 1893. Barrel is 7.5" and is marked "Colt Frontier Six Shooter". Bore has strong rifling and has a small area of pitting neat muzzle otherwise is bright and shiny. Grips are very good with no chips or cracks. Metal has a thinning blue turning to patina and looks good. Action works perfectly. Very good overall condition.

New York engraved Colt 1878 Sheriff’s model .45. Made in 1882. This gun was shipped to Hartley and Graham in a shipment of five. This gun is a very rare Sheriff’s model with a 4” barrel. The condition is excellent with 95-97% of the original nickel. The engraving and finishing were done at Hartley and Graham. Hartley and Graham had their own team of engravers....

Serial number 32076. Made in 1893. 44-40 caliber with a 4 ¾” barrel. Gun is in Mint Condition as restored with a Turnbull quality restoration.

Serial number 47905. Made in 1900. 45 LC caliber with a 5 ½” barrel. Beautiful example with 90% of the original blue. 5000 of these guns were made for the Philippine Constabulary. This gun has all of the small US inspectors marks. Grips are excellent. The 1902s had an enlarged trigger guard. Action works well and the bore is excellent!

Serial number 31755. Made in 1893. 44-40 caliber with a 5 ½” barrel. This gun is in very fine condition with 90% of the original nickel. Grips are original pearl grips. Action works well and has had an action job. Very fine Colt 1878 DA Frontier Six Shooter!

Serial number 39521. Made in 1898. 44-40 caliber with a 7 ½” barrel.  Very fine gun with 95% of the original blue. Grips are excellent. Action works perfectly and bore is excellent!

Serial number 39265. Made in 1898. 44-40 with a 7 ½” barrel. This gun is in very fine condition with 90% of the original blue finish. Grips are excellent with two small lines added on each side of the bottom part of the grips. Action works perfectly. Beautiful example of a Colt 1878 DA Frontier Six Shooter!

Serial number 38664. Made in 1898. 44-40 with a 7 ½” barrel. This gun is in beautiful condition with 92%-93% of the original blue finish with the main concentration of loss being on the backstrap. Grips are excellent. Action works perfectly. Absolutely beautiful example of a Colt 1878 DA Frontier Six Shooter!

Serial Number 16701. Made in 1886. 476 caliber with a 5 ½” barrel. This gun is a beautiful restoration. This gun has a Pall Mall London barrel address and has small British proofs. Gri[ps are excellent. Action works well. Bore is excellent!

Serial number 40333. Made in 1898. 45 LC caliber with a 7 ½” Absolutely beautiful gun with 97% of the original blue finish. Grips are excellent. Action works perfectly and the bore is excellent. A superb example of a Colt 1878 DA!

Serial number 5100. Made between 1902 and 1905. 45 LC with a 5 ½” barrel. Very fine Colt 1878 tht has been converted to Singler Action. Very interesting gunsmithing work. The trigger guard has been replaced. Grips are very finely carved. Action works perfectly. This is a Colt 1902 “Alaskan” model and has all of the military markings.

Serial number 7868. Made in 1879. 44-40 caliber with a 4” barrel. Very nice example of a sheriff’s model. The sheriff’s model does not have the ejector rod housing. Finish is excellent with 90% of the original nickel. Grips are excellent. Action works perfect. Bore is dark with strong rifling. Very fine example of a Colt 1878 DA Sheriff’s Model!

Serial number 31685. Made in 1893. 45 LC caliber with a 5 ½” barrel. Approximately 85% of the original nickel finish. Grips are excellent. Action works perfect. Bore is excellent.

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Made in 1900. 45 LC Caliber with a 5 ½” barrel. This gun has a bluish to plum colored patina throughout metal. Gun was refinished long ago. Some small inspectors markings are still visible. “US” on right hand side of the frame is partially visible. Grips are checkered. The inside of one of the grips is marked “PC” which stands for Philippine Constabulary. Along with...

Identified Colt 1878 DA .44-40 caliber revolver. Made in 1903. Has a 7½” barrel in .44-40 caliber. This gun is in very good condition with over 50% original blue with the rest being an even dark brown patina. Grips are very fine. This gun comes with a factory letter confirming all features. This gun was shipped to Vancouver, British Columbia to Charles Tisdall. Mr. Tisdall was a...

Colt 1878 DA .45 LC caliber revolver. Made in 1880. Nice early gun with a 7½” barrel in .45 LC. This gun has 85% of the original nickel finish with the main loss at the muzzle and left hand front side of the frame. Also, slight flaking on the cylinder. Good fire-blue remains on the small parts. Grips are excellent. The gun is in amazing shape, considering its age.

Very Fine Colt 1878 DA Frontier Six Shooter .44-40 caliber revolver. Made in 1902. Very fine gun with 90% of the original blue. This gun has a 5½” barrel in 44-40 caliber. The marking |Colt Frontier Six Shooter| on the barrel denotes the .44-40 caliber. Grips are excellent. Action works perfect. Bore is bright and shiny with some streaking and with a couple of...

Colt 1878 Double Action Sheriffs Model .44-40 caliber revolver. Manufactured 1889. Even patina color overall. Very colorful Sheriffs model.