- Location
- West Quebec
Found a name stamped under the grips of my Colt New Service in .455
- Thread starter STG-44
- Start date
Lee Enfield
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- Republic of Alberta
Ummmnnn, actually it's a 95% certainty that the letter will actually say that it was delivered to Remington (who were the British purchasing commission's shipping point.
Much less likely it could letter as shipped to Winchester...
If it was shipped to Colt's London Agency it would be literally covered with British commercial proof marks, not Military Inspection marks.
Don't forget this was used in the Boer war as well. The initial troops sent over didn't have these but the later units did.
One of my ancestors was a medic during that war. I have a couple pieces from his time there but not the revolver
It's thought the Boer War versions were all first models in .45 Colt, not .45 Eley.
Fair enough, but it woun't letter as shipped to the fellow whose name is on the frame now.
It's been shot but sparingly... Own a few old Colts, I believe I've shot them all except for maybe the cap & balls...
This is what's great about milsurps. The known, and possible, history they carry along with them.
Below is mine, manufactured in 1917, which made it's way into Canadian service, in two branches of the Canadian military, after initially being taken on by the British military. Below the photo is a thread I started that seeks to spell out the travels the pictured revolver too.
http://www.canadiangunnutz.com/foru...Canadian-Navy-Firearms-–-pics-and-information
Below is mine, manufactured in 1917, which made it's way into Canadian service, in two branches of the Canadian military, after initially being taken on by the British military. Below the photo is a thread I started that seeks to spell out the travels the pictured revolver too.
http://www.canadiangunnutz.com/foru...Canadian-Navy-Firearms-–-pics-and-information
Lee Enfield
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- Republic of Alberta
Recently .455 Eley guns have lettered as shipped to the later Canadian Boer War contingents.
So most/all of the early Boer War guns were .45 Colt, but some/most of the later shipments were .455.
According to this the first troops had the old Colt .44 but units arriving later had the new .455: http://www.warmuseum.ca/cwm/exhibitions/boer/colt45revolver_e.shtml
Lee Enfield
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- Republic of Alberta
The 1878s purchased during and before the Riel rebellion by the Canadian government for the militia were chambered in 45 Colt.
The document stating they were 44 cal is believed to have been either a typo, or just incorrect information.
I would also point out that the revolver illustrated on the cwm website is one manufactured between 1908 and 1919.
As a side note, quite a few years ago I did see a Colt 1878 which the family stated had been issued to a federal government territory doctor. This gun was chambered in 44-40. So it is quite possible that the federal gov't did purchase some 44-40 1878's but they weren't issued to M&D troops.
Last edited:
- Location
- West Quebec
Very nice .. the pleasure is in the shooting no doubt..
Not to hijack the thread but:
I bought it at auction, with the 'matched' holster. On the back strap was stamped the original owner's name: Lieut. D.E.S. Wishart. With it also came a hand written letter stating that the gun was carried by Dr. D.E. Staunton Wishart of the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps in World War I. In 1919 he carried it into Macedonia, when as the letter puts it: "The Turks were massacring the Macedonians." Further online research went on to find out that prior to this, he participated in the retreat from Servia in Oct./ Nov. of 1915 and at that time was the rank of Captain. After his military career he went on to work at the Toronto Sick Childrens Hospital and was the President of the American Otological Society for sometime.
His family lived in Madoc, Ontario and was the son of Dr. (also a Lt. Colonel?) David James Gibb Wishart and Mrs. Sarah Staunton. He had two other siblings.
If my hasty research was correct Dr. Staunton Wishart lived from 1889 to his passing in 1958, with a great number of accomplishments in his field of medicine.
This is not my revolver.
It belongs to a fellow that I met at a gun show in Montreal not too long ago.
He had a Radom Vis35 with capture papers that I was interested in and I went to his house to take some photos of his guns "very quickly."
The revolver shown below was one of them.
I know nothing about these revolvers--- they are not what I collect. (It looked pretty nice.)
It belongs to a fellow that I met at a gun show in Montreal not too long ago.
He had a Radom Vis35 with capture papers that I was interested in and I went to his house to take some photos of his guns "very quickly."
The revolver shown below was one of them.
I know nothing about these revolvers--- they are not what I collect. (It looked pretty nice.)
As this is not my revolver and knowing the current owner to a certain degree I assume that the finish on the Colt is original.
I believe that he bought a number of guns from the same source some years ago ---and paid handsomely for them.
Here is another one.
Model 1882 Swiss revolver.
Once again---I know nothing about this revolver.
I believe that he bought a number of guns from the same source some years ago ---and paid handsomely for them.
Here is another one.
Model 1882 Swiss revolver.
Once again---I know nothing about this revolver.
