#Colt 1st generation serial numbers serial numbers
#Colt 1st generation serial numbers serial number
#Colt 1st generation serial numbers series

38 rim fire & center fire, serials from 1-19000, and from high serials of the Model 1849 Pocket, and from generally high serials from the (percussion) Model 1862 Police and Pocket Navy. 38 rim fire & center fire, serials from 1-3300, shared with 1851 Navy conversions, and range of percussion arms below number 10356. First generation cylinders and early second generation cylinders can be sent in and I can match the dimensions, but. There is an excellent book (out of print but available here and there) called Colt SAA Postwar Models by George Garton.

#Colt 1st generation serial numbers serial numbers

38 rim fire & center fire, serials from 1-3800 and from ranges with in 41000-91000.Д¬irca 1872-1878. Whereas SAA serial numbers up to 1941 were simply numbers, those of new production were given a suffix of SA to differentiate the two generations. 44 center fire caliber, serials from 5800-7900, overlaps with the Richards conversion.

#Colt 1st generation serial numbers series

44 center fire caliber, serials from 1-8700, in percussion series from 67000-200614. Model 1862 Police Pocket Pistol of Navy CaliberД¬irca 1868-1871. Total production (LDR suffix) about 10450. During the early and mid-1870s production, that 7 ВЅ' barrel length dominated. Serial numbers of the SAA started with 1 and by 1940, when production ceased for the first time, ended at 357,859. Total production (DER suffix) about 48201. Government had bought only about 37,000 SAAs, but by then the Colt factory had made and shipped a total of 144,000. Serial numbers with LDR suffix were shipped in 1970-1972.

#Colt 1st generation serial numbers serial number

Serial numbers 49201 DER to 60201 DER were shipped in 1976. NOTE: Colts website says the phone service is available for first generation SAAs up to the 343,000 serial number range (although mine was slightly higher) and the fee is 150 which includes the letter in two to three weeks. 1873 1 American Cowboy Chronicles The Second Colt SAA Revolver This Colt SAA was shipped on to Wexell. For many years it was thought to be lost, but was located during the early 1900s in a barn in Nashua, NH. Serial numbers began at 1001 and have a DER or LDR suffix. Owner Remarks Year Made Serial Source The First Colt Single-Action Army (SAA) Revolver This is the first SAA made by Colt. At first glance, the most distinguishing. Colt Cobra: Nickel plated alloy (15 oz.). An anonymous New Jersey gun collector paid 220,000 for it.

The Jack Ruby Colt Cobra was returned to his estate many years later and was sold at auction. The frames case colors are lightly visible with some gray patina. This is a 'one number gun,' having only one external serial number and was common in Colt SAA circa 1920's. N serial number suffix manufactured 1960-1963. The serial number of Rubys Colt was 2744LW (note the LW stands for Light-Weight). 1st gen Colt SAA revolver with 5.5' barrel, made in 1922.

D serial number suffix manufactured 1959-1963.