Custer battle Colt SAA

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Pretty darn cool! And even more interesting is his method for bringing up the number! I've heard of the process, but never seen it done. Too scared to try it before, but I have several relic guns and may see about trying this on an old 1893 Marlin saddle ring carbine a friend found in his creek decades ago and gave to me.
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Now, he needs to find who that gun was issued to.
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Talk about "sellers remorse"!!!!!...... :D

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Interesting relic... 8)
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That's very cool. Boy, he has a delicate touch with that Foredom tool.
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Cool find.
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Wonder how much he paid for it at the show :shock:
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I was wondering that too. :)
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How much did he pay?.......I've seen lots of this stuff over the years and my guess is that he paid about $100 for it. NO DOUBT........at auction it would most likely go for 10-$20,000 ........or more.----6
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IMHO, he needlessly worked on the frame SN, as it's well documented that Colt applied the frame SN to all the major parts in that era.

Custer collectors can get crazy about a documented relic like this, and I would think that in a well-advertised major gun auction like Sotheby's, the opening bid would most likely be at least $20K, never mind what it would actually sell for (IMO, $100K, +/- ).

Deep pocket museums would also be hot for it, too.



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Sixgun wrote: Fri Aug 03, 2018 1:07 pm Talk about "sellers remorse"!!!!!...... :D

I personally would not have bothered with the frame etching as it's a no brainer to see the gun is about welded together.----6
With military guns it's a necessity to ensure all numbers match. Arsenals have always swapped parts around, so 150 years later there's no telling if the cylinder number he saw was going to match the frame. Now he knows for sure it's the correct numbers. This also adds to the value to prospective buyers because he documented the process on video, and they can see there's not hank panky with numbers being faked. Colt collectors and shady gunsmiths can fake all sorts of stuff, so he did the right thing to ensure it's not a fake.
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marlinman93 wrote: Tue Aug 07, 2018 10:36 am
Sixgun wrote: Fri Aug 03, 2018 1:07 pmTalk about "sellers remorse"!!!!!...... :D

I personally would not have bothered with the frame etching as it's a no brainer to see the gun is about welded together.----6
With military guns it's a necessity to ensure all numbers match. Arsenals have always swapped parts around, so 150 years later there's no telling if the cylinder number he saw was going to match the frame. Now he knows for sure it's the correct numbers. This also adds to the value to prospective buyers because he documented the process on video, and they can see there's not hank panky with numbers being faked. Colt collectors and shady gunsmiths can fake all sorts of stuff, so he did the right thing to ensure it's not a fake.
I could understand that with a gun that been issued and re-issued... but with it being documented as having been dug up in 1933 after being in the dirt since 1876... but I agree, he did the right thing, the right way.
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I bet a Turnbull makeover could take 100 years off that gun.

Then it would only have a half-inch of rust.

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Griff wrote: Tue Aug 07, 2018 5:05 pm
marlinman93 wrote: Tue Aug 07, 2018 10:36 am
Sixgun wrote: Fri Aug 03, 2018 1:07 pmTalk about "sellers remorse"!!!!!...... :D

I personally would not have bothered with the frame etching as it's a no brainer to see the gun is about welded together.----6
With military guns it's a necessity to ensure all numbers match. Arsenals have always swapped parts around, so 150 years later there's no telling if the cylinder number he saw was going to match the frame. Now he knows for sure it's the correct numbers. This also adds to the value to prospective buyers because he documented the process on video, and they can see there's not hank panky with numbers being faked. Colt collectors and shady gunsmiths can fake all sorts of stuff, so he did the right thing to ensure it's not a fake.
I could understand that with a gun that been issued and re-issued... but with it being documented as having been dug up in 1933 after being in the dirt since 1876... but I agree, he did the right thing, the right way.
But we only know it's that same 1933 dug up gun because he revealed the frame markings. Otherwise the missing 1933 gun could have been that frame number, and over the years the cylinder could have ended up on another gun. If he had revealed the frame serial number and it didn't match, then it would mean some armorer had swapped some parts in the 150 years the gun had been around. Now he has confirmation it is totally correct, and indeed that same gun dug up in 1933, and unknown for all these years.
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Marlinman,
Good call. I never had bought about that....now it's confirmed.----6
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