Colt Percussion Revolver manufactured before 1880

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Good morning,
After finnish reading a very interesing nonfiction factual Book about the Fraser River Goldrush, I am toying with the Idea getting into collecting original Colt Blackpowder Revolvers manufactured before 1880. I am completely new to such Marvels and wondering if they can still be purchased and imported from the USA by Canadians and yes I have a current RPAL.

Thanks in advance for parting with your knowledge and opinions. - K.
 
Rock Island Auctions is a good place to keep an eye on and they'll ship up here without you needing a broker. You will still get dinged with sales tax though. You can also look at past auctions and use the search engine to see what the items you're interested in normally sell for. Of course it's USD so you'll have to do the conversions.
 
The pre-1898 Colts are an interesting collectible. Prices have certainly gone up since the ridiculous handgun freeze but they are available just cost more. The prices in the US are tempting but, as previously mentioned, would be double at your doorstep in Canadian funds.

- Here's one I bought a few years ago. It's the revolver on the left.
- Marshall marked incl the cartouches on the grip
- It has the lanyard cutouts on the base of the grip indicating Union Cavalry.
- It came with 7 notches on the base of the grip.

- Civil War 1860 Army from early 1862. All numbers match incl the wedge and the grip
 

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I was emailing old guns Canada. To far for me to go there in person. I'm trying to remember but if gun costs more than $5000 then can't insure it through Canada Post. Had to go through courier or something. All I can remember was shipping was going to be a lot of money and I'm just in Alberta.
 
Valiant said:
I was emailing old guns Canada. To far for me to go there in person. I'm trying to remember but if gun costs more than $5000 then can't insure it through Canada Post. Had to go through courier or something. All I can remember was shipping was going to be a lot of money and I'm just in Alberta.
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I was actually under the impression that he had no in-store facilities, that all orders had to be shipped.

backpacker336 said:
Or find them on gun post a couple days later for 30-50% more.
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To be fair that’s a majority of GP, not just antiques, I saw a Soviet M44 listed the other day for $2500+. I seriously doubt anyone’s actually paying those prices, lots of guns sitting there for weeks. Chris has so many updates so frequently you’d have to be pretty inpatient to not just wait and see what he brings next. Hell theres someone trying to get $5500 for an 1851 Navy right now on GP, meanwhile Chris has two London models sitting at $3300/$3500 in equal if not better condition, IMO way more collectable in the long run.
 
Are the second generation Colt percussion revolvers( the ones manufactured in the 70's if theyre called 2nd gen) still considered restricted by government. Never understood how two identical firearms, functionally the same and onecould be considered restricted and the other a non gun.
 
Anything made after 12pm 1897 is none antique. Anything on the list of no go cartridge list is none antique.

Countries like France made it simple and based it on the patent dates. So any patent dates before 1897 are antique.
 
LawrenceN said:
Rock Island Auctions is a good place to keep an eye on and they'll ship up here without you needing a broker. You will still get dinged with sales tax though. You can also look at past auctions and use the search engine to see what the items you're interested in normally sell for. Of course it's USD so you'll have to do the conversions.
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Thank you for your suggestion and advise much appreciated happy new year !
 
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