Colt New Service 45 Colt made in 1913

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I just acquired my friends dad's 112mm (4.409") barreled Colt New Service in 45 Colt serial number shows it was made in 1913 = its 106 - 107 years old and is in surprisingly good condition for its age I do not see any special markings on it.

My friend lives in the States is an American his dad lived in northern BC he passed away 14 years ago the RCMP have been storing his firearms including this revolver for 14 years.

I got involved in trying to recover his dad's guns over a year ago now couldn't save some but got most of them.

I was hoping to find out as much about this revolver that I can it looks like it has its original bluing is fairly tight with Rem 255gr cast factory ammo it groups very nicely but hits 6" low and 6" left at 20 yards

I'm curious as to the stag grips where these a factory item or upgrade or after market?

I'm not looking to sell but am curious as to an approximate price this one could be worth.

I'd appreciate any thoughts...

I just found this link to an article I have to say I never new the original 45 Colt brass was almost rimless.

https://americanhandgunner.com/handguns/the-new-new-45/




 
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Grips are about 300 plus dollars. Gun are selling from 500 to 900 depending on what ever the day , place and stuff.
Low left is pulling down on the trigger and pushing the trigger left as it is pulled. Common on new single action shooters with cowboy type guns. Try cocking and squeezing the trigger straight.
Yea I know its a double action revolver.
 
That's super cool - I had no idea RCMP would hang on to them for that long.

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Hopefully my link works. Recently got this one. It used to be my grandfather's. Approximately 100 years old, 1st Gen, Colt 1873 SAA, 44 Russian, Special - Ivory grips but don't know if they would be original or not. Not sure on value of yours or mine.
 
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I'll look at my shooting style a lot easier to adjust that than try and adjust the front sight.

I'm not new to shooting handguns and don't have the shooting low left issue with any of my other handguns that are chambered in 10mm - 45 Colt - 454 Casull.

As to the grips I saw them available online for $285 US funds I was curious as to if these ones were factory or aftermarket.
 
I don’t know a ton about these but I do know that they had factory 4.5” barrels. I’m sure they likely weren’t popular at the time. 5” or 6” seem to be much more common. I’m really liking the look of that one. I have on old Army Special in .38 but I’d like to get my hands on a New Service in .45 with a shorter barrel like that one.
 
If you are interested in a general history of this revolver and some of the specific attributes of the revolver from that time period there is an excellent book titled " Colls New Service Revolver by Timothy J. Mullin by Collector Grade Publications. Probably you could get a used copy off of Ebay. That book does indicate that stag grips were a rarer but possible factory option . Of course a Colt Archive letter sometimes answers a lot of questions and is worth the price.
 
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I have a New Service from 1908, in 38WCF. It’s been in my family since the early 1930’s. I shoot it every couple of years. It’s a cool old piece of iron.
 
The stocks are very attractive and look great but would say they are after market. . Still very nice and worth as was said, approx. $300 or maybe more.

I've posted a picture I have of my New Service, in 45 Colt, that show what the stocks normally came in that time frame. Mine was included with an order sent to the NWMP in 1919. . It has "MP" stamped on the butt. . The later New Service model used checkered wood stocks.

The New Service is the top one in the photo. The botton gun is my 1st Generation Colt from 1906 in Colt 45.

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I will say that yours is an earlier version since it has a straight, heavy barrel. If you look at Rod’s photo you can see his has a much more pronounced taper. I’m not sure when the switch was made but the Model 1917 in .45 ACP used in WWI had the tapered barrel.

Any markings on the butt?
 
I have found some older ammunition with radiused rather than undercut rim to OD that won't work with my reloader shell holder. Understand there is a different shell holder that will work. Would the newer ammunition with larger rim chamber in the 1873 Colt series 1?
 
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I will say that yours is an earlier version since it has a straight, heavy barrel. If you look at Rod’s photo you can see his has a much more pronounced taper. I’m not sure when the switch was made but the Model 1917 in .45 ACP used in WWI had the tapered barrel.

Any markings on the butt?
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Sorry for the late response just replaced my computer it took a couple days to get it back up and running.

There are no extra markings of any kind anywhere on the gun.
 
Camp Cook said:
Sorry for the late response just replaced my computer it took a couple days to get it back up and running.

There are no extra markings of any kind anywhere on the gun.
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Awesome gun.

4.5" barrels are quite uncommon. That is a great score.

The stags are very unlikely to be original. Stags did not become popular on revolvers until basically the 1950s.
 
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