Colt saa serial numbers3/10/2024 ![]() Take it to a GOOD gunsmith, and explain the age and rarity of this revolver just to make sure he doesn't have the 18 year old in the back room do anything to it. The interior of the revolver may also need a good cleaning and oiling - but don't do this yourself. Keep ALL of the oil away from the wooden stocks. It needs a careful cleaning and oiling with a very soft cotton cloth to help preserve the metal. Your revolver is in pretty darn good condition compared to most of the others like it that I've seen. Just about all of the 7 1/2" barreled Cavalry revolvers in Federal inventory by 1900 were converted to a shorter 5" barrel - so that makes yours even the more rare. Who knows exactly how it came into civilian hands? If only these old revolvers could talk - I bet there would be a great story. As such - it is a black powder only cartridge - NO MODERN made ammunition should be fired in it at all. ![]() It is stamped "U.S." - a Government Property mark, and being such it is very likely a former Cavalry side arm. This looks to me like a "First Generation" Colt Single Action Army revolver.
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