Colt Conversions

Serial number 7717. Made late 1860s – 1870s. 38 CF caliber with a 4 ½” barrel. This gun has a mostly gray patina with approximately 15% of the original nickel finish remaining. Cylinder scene is still visible. Original still mostly covers the back strap and trigger guard. Old ivory grips show a nice mellow patina. The back strap is marked “F. Bravo”...

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 3771. Made circa late 1860s. 38 RF  with a 6 ½” barrel. Gun is in excellent condition to near new. Cylinder scene is excellent. This gun has beautiful two piece pearl grips. (Consignment)

Serial number 13498. Made circa late 1860s. 38 RF caliber with a 6 ½” barrel. Nice sharp gun with  a dark gray to brown patina. Some cylinder scene still visible. Grips are period checkered ivories. Action works perfect. (Consignment)

Serial number 184596. Made in 1869. 44-100 Thuer caliber with an 8” barrel.  Excellent condition with 95% of the original blue. The frame has bright case colors. The grips have most of the original varnish. Thuer conversions are exceedingly rare and cased examples in this condition of virtually unheard of. This ggun comes with an original matching percussion...

SN: 323166. Circa 1879. .38 Colt centerfire with a 3.5" barrel, bore is good with strong rifling and scattered pitting. Pocket single action revolver with nickel finish, case hardened hammer, blued trigger, engraved round cylinder, no loading gate and varnished walnut grip. Revolver has been converted from a finished percussion revolver, 31 cal on top of trigger guard. Overall fine...

Colt 1st Model Richards Conversion. Made in the 1870s. 8” Barrel in .44 Colt Centerfire. This is a very fine 1st Model Colt Richards Conversion. The barrel is very fine with 30-40% of the original blue on the barrel. The frame and cylinder are very sharp but have little to no original finish. Cylinder still has most of the scene. Grips are very good with approximately 40% of the original...

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...