Colt Conversions

Serial No. 4496, circa 1871-1873, .44 CF, 5.4" round barrel. Unique cut down, first serial number range Richards Conversion 6-shot revolver. Barrel is marked "-ADDRESS COL.SAML COLT NEW-YORK U.S. AMERICA-". Left side of trigger guard has the 1871/1872 patent dates. Left shoulder of trigger guard strap is stamped "44CAL". Serial numbers are matching, rolled engraved cylinder scene is crisp...

Serial number 313905. Made early 1870s. 38 RF caliber with a 3 ½” barrel. This is a nice sharp gun with approximately 40% of the original nickel. This gun has two piece carved Mexican eagle pearl grips. Along with the gun is a carved slim Jim style flap holster! (Consignment)

Serial number 1767. Made circa early 1870s. 38RF with a 7 ½” barrel. Gun is excellent with 90% of the original nickel finish. Excellent cylinder scene remains. Grips are ivory.

Colt 1860 Army Long Cylinder Conversion Revolver (actually made from parts using new cylinders). See Study of Colt Conversions by Bruce McDowell. See pages 403-413 for a discussion and photos of a 4-screw Colt Army with exact same “conversion” as this one. McDowell suggests that approximately 60 were made. Rare Colt Conversion. Note: Grips are very good later...

Post Civil War Colt .38 centerfire cartridge conversion with 3.5" barrel originally made in 1870. The serials are all matching. The actions work perfectly. The pistol was factory nickel plated post civil war and retains approximately 95%. The bore is very good. Overall very good example!

Serial number 7271. 44 Colt caliber with a 8” barrel. Made circa 1877-1878.  Scarce model with only 2100 of these guns made. This gun has roughly 50% of the original nickel finish on the barrel. The frame, cylinder, trigger guard and back strap are a smooth dark brown patina. Cylinder has visible cylinder scene. Grips are very good. All numbers are matching. Action works well. Very nice...

Serial Number 305306. Made circa 1870s. 38 Rimfire caliber with a 3 ½” barrel. Gun is in excellent condition with 95% of the original nickel finish. Cylinder scene is perfect. Fire blue still remains on the screws. Grips are excellent. Bright case colors on the hammer. This is a beautiful gun, one of 10,000 or so that were made using left over Colt 1849 and 1862...

Serial Number 184324. Made in the 1870s. 44 caliber with an 8” barrel. Metal has been cleaned and has spots of light pitting. Barrel has been lengthened from 3 1/8” from the muzzle forward. Cylinder still has visible scene. Grips are very good. Action works well.

Very unusual modern conversion made from a 1977 Colt 1860 Army U.S. Cavalry commemorative revolver. The grips are good looking faux ivory. A neat job of converting an actual Colt rather than an Italian replica. Excellent condition.

Serial Number 12913. Made in 1870s. New York style engraved gun with very fine Tiffany Style Grips. The metal has been cleaned, but remains sharp. Numbers all match. Grips are excellent, but are not original tiffany grips. Action works well.  Gun comes in an old case that has been relined.

Made in 1870s. 44 Colt Centerfire with a 8”barrel. Gun is in excellent condition with 90% of the original nickel finish. Cylinder still has almost all of the cylinder scene. Grips are excellent with all of the original varnish. Screws still have some of the fire blue. This is a second model with the conversion ring and has the...

Colt 1862 Pocket Navy Conversion. Made in 1870s. 4 ½” Barrel in .38 Rimfire. Approximately 50% of the original nickel remains. The cylinder still has visible cylinder scene and about half of the finish. Grips are old ivories. Action indexes, but does not rotate all the way on every chamber. Very fine Colt 1862 Pocket Navy Conversion with ivory grips.

Colt 1851 Navy Conversion Revolver. Post-Civil war factory conversion to centerfire. Note that the hammer has a conical firing pin. Aside from the factory work this revolver has additional work done by a gunsmith of the period, such as the barrel is shortened to 4 ½”. He left the one line Colt address intact. The ejector housing and rod are the gunsmith’s own engineering, which actually...

Colt 1862 Pocket Navy Conversion. Made in the late 1860s. .38 Colt with a 4 ½” barrel. Gun is in near excellent condition. Barrel has 90% of the original finish. Very good case colors on the frame with the left hand side having brighter case colors than the right. Cylinder scene is excellent, but the cylinder did not retain the blue as well as the rest of the gun. The cylinder is...

Colt 1862 Pocket Navy. Made in 1870’s .38 Rimfire with 3” barrel. Reasonably sharp gun with a light gray patina with spots of light pitting in areas. Grips are very good with 60% of the original varnish. Action works well.

Colt 1862 Pocket. Made in late 1860’s-1870’s .38 RF caliber with a 3” barrel. Metal has a dark gray patina with light pitting on the metal. Grips are very good. Action works well.

Colt 1851 Navy Conversion. Made in 1861 .38 caliber centerfire. This gun looks to be a gunsmith conversion. Metal has a dark brown patina. Grips are very good. Action indexes and locks up.

Colt 10th cavalry identified 1860 1st model Richards conversion. Colt 1860 1st model Richards Conversion inscribed to Captain Nicholas Nolan 10th Cavalry. Very historical gun! This gun belonged to a Civil War Cavalry Officer, then a Captain in the legendary 10th Cavalry “Buffalo Soldiers”. This gun has had the metal cleaned, but all markings remain. Very good...

Colt Round Barrel Pocket Navy Conversion .38 Rimfire. 92-94% nickel on frame, barrel and cylinder. Very good grips.

Very unusual cartridge conversion of a 2nd Model Colt Dragoon. The frame, backstrap and trigger guard are all original 2nd model Dragoon parts and the barrel assembly which includes the top strap, the cylinder and hammer are all "conversion parts". Gun functions properly and all gunsmithing was done in period of use.