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w55 brought this over to have clean it up and check it out. Shows a lot of handling, but not much use. It had a 100+yrs of crud and fossilized grease inside, but very little wear.
I've had these "field stripped" before for cleaning, but heeded the warnings for a total dis-assembly. It's not the dis-assembly that's the problem, it's the re-assembly!
Little tiny fragile parts, and they all pretty much have to be re-installed, just right, through an equally little tiny opening. Break something and you're hosed trying to find replacement parts.
A William Mason design, Colt's first double action revolver, and probably the worse dbl action ever made! The mechanism is complicated and prone to break. They were made in .32/20 (Rainmaker), .38 Long Colt (Lightning), and .41 Long Colt (Thunderer). Colt just called them all, Model 1877.
Benjamin Kittredge was a distributor for Colt, he named the SAA the "Peacemaker", and came up with the names for the 1877's.
Chambered in .41 Long Colt, this is a "Sheriff's" or "Storekeeper's" version, made in late 1880. 3.5" barrel, and no ejector rod/housing, they were made without the frame provision to mount one. They also had a different cylinder pin with a handle of sorts, used to knock out the empty cases.
He needs to get some ammo for this, I want to shoot it!
I've had these "field stripped" before for cleaning, but heeded the warnings for a total dis-assembly. It's not the dis-assembly that's the problem, it's the re-assembly!
Little tiny fragile parts, and they all pretty much have to be re-installed, just right, through an equally little tiny opening. Break something and you're hosed trying to find replacement parts.
A William Mason design, Colt's first double action revolver, and probably the worse dbl action ever made! The mechanism is complicated and prone to break. They were made in .32/20 (Rainmaker), .38 Long Colt (Lightning), and .41 Long Colt (Thunderer). Colt just called them all, Model 1877.
Benjamin Kittredge was a distributor for Colt, he named the SAA the "Peacemaker", and came up with the names for the 1877's.
Chambered in .41 Long Colt, this is a "Sheriff's" or "Storekeeper's" version, made in late 1880. 3.5" barrel, and no ejector rod/housing, they were made without the frame provision to mount one. They also had a different cylinder pin with a handle of sorts, used to knock out the empty cases.
He needs to get some ammo for this, I want to shoot it!
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