Model 1862 Colt Police Revolver, manufactured in early 1863.

[drm3m]

Cylinder marking---Pat Sept. 10th 1850.







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Model 1861 Colt Navy Revolver S/n 3830 manufactured in 1861----one of the early ones.
(Approx. 100 '61 Navies were produced with fluted cylinders.)



From Flayderman's Guide to Antique American Firearms-9th Edition.



David

 

[1861]

Very nice.

 

[Skinny 1950]

A couple of very nice Colt's, thanks for sharing the pictures...it is always a treat to see original Colt's in original condition.
I had an opportunity to pick up a later production (110 years later) 1862 Police, very good shooter and good looking gun.

 

[drm3m]

Very beautiful looking '62 Police revolver Skinny 1950.

Interesting that Colt only produced approx 100 fluted cylinder '61 Navy Revolvers S/ns 1-100 (approx) with the same cylinder marking 'Pat Sept 10th 1850' as is seen on the 1862 Police revolvers.

David

 

[drm3m]

Another fluted cylinder .36 caliber revolver that was produced in limited number during the 1863-65 period---- not by Colt.

The Remington-Rider D/A New Model Belt Revolver.



The barrel address on these revolvers--MANUFACTURED BY REMINGTON’S, ILION , N.Y./RIDER’S PT. AUG. 17, 1858, MAY 3, 1859. (Difficult to photograph.)




In William B. Edward’s Book ‘Civil War Guns’ published in 1982 there is a reference to ‘cased sets being popular with officers in the field.’



When I was researching the revolver shown above Roy Marcot directed me to a major Remington collector in Texas---the cased revolvers shown below belong to this fellow---he has several cased Remington-Rider New Model D/A Belt Revolvers---fluted and non fluted cylinder examples.






Two references to these revolvers in ‘Flayderman’s Guide to Antique American Firearms’ 9th Edition--- and Robert M. Reilly’s Book ‘United States Military Small Arms 1816-1865.’





These three reference books.







David

 

[oldiron]

Keeping the 62 Police thread alive. This one has little finish left. Built in 1862. I think they were the nicest of the Colt percussion guns.

 

[drm3m]

Nice piece oldiron---thanks for posting the photos.

The longer barrel '62s like the example shown in your photos are probably the nicest of the Colt percussion revolvers.

David