Hello,
I do not normally care too much for restorations - if you've happened across the half dozen or so other Colt's I posted pictures of from my collection, you'll appreciate that I love patina and scars, period-fixes, etc., but this one yelled my name.
It's an 1884 Colt on a black powder frame - note lack of quick release on the cylinder pin - smaller grip size.
It came with the Colt paperwork, and provenance on the original owner -
named in the Colt history letter.As far as I am aware, the restoration from the "original firearm" began on an unserviceable collection of beat-up parts, with many components beyond help.
This one was effectively brought back from the dead, the barrel is a replacement.
The action is crisp like a brand-new-gun, beautiful sounding elements and timing like glass.
I am still enamored of it, but I am thinking I may shoot the Hell out of it, and allow it to create it's own patina, the restoration was by danthegunman.com (and is fine work) but not a five figure museum grade deal.
- What do the six-gunners here think about that? Sacrilege, or have at it!!!!
PS. I won't shoot smokeless powder in the old Colt or any other black powder gun. I wouldn't even use artifical black ... only true black, and a good grade, too .... and then only light to medium loads of the stuff. This cylinder is likely wrought iron, and not steel, not that the steel was even proofed for smokeless until after the turn of the century.
https://www.buffaloarms.com/45-colt-200-grain-rnfp-reduced-recoil-black-powder-ammo-box-of-50-amogx45lcrr
