Colt 1892's and the Felton Safety Lock

[H Wally]

Here's a bit of interesting trivia/info that I just stumbled across, and a question!


Reading up on the Colt 1892 revolver I found out that both the colt 1889 and 1892 suffered from a rather alarming problem. As the parts wore, the gun was prone to misaligning the cylinder and the barrel, leading to rather unpleasant results.

In response to this, Frederick Felton designed the Felton Safety Lock, which somehow stopped the gun from firing if the cylinder and barrel were not aligned and gun not tightly locked up. It seems all 1893's and onwards were fitted with this lock, and new and retrofitted 1892's were as well.

So, who out there knows how to identify an 1892 with or without the felton lock? What does it look like, how does it work, and when was it implemented?


P.S. this gives a quick and dirty explanation: http://www.spanamwar.com/Colt1889series.htm

 

[H Wally]

Nothing eh? Google certainly isn't helping either.

Boo-urns.

 

[41 Colt]

I believe the way to identify it is the addition of the "pin", actually the end of a screw, just below the cylinder latch. All of these Colt DAs have the one in about the middle of the frame, but the ones with the lock have the second below the latch.

No lock:

Lock:

These are cool guns, you thinking about getting one?

 

[H Wally]

I'm thinking about it, but have heard very mixed reports on their lifespan/ease of repair and likelyhood of needing said repair. Ultimately I'm new to antiques and don't know much about them.

 

[starpuss]

this one i dont know what year it was made. no s.n on it. sold it on EE last year.

now this one was made in 1894 and look where the pin is. this one is on it's way to me.

o ya.. if you want new spare part kits let me know i got boxes of spare part kits and parts for the 1889 & 1892. (some parts are still on there way to me from argentina