1877’s Collecting

[victorio1sw]

Serial #6628. Factory letter Confirms 41/c, 5" w/Ejector, Nickel, SNL, Factory Engraved & Shipped to Hodgkins & Haigh, 298 Broadway, NYC, 5-9-1878, 2 Guns.

[victorio1sw]

Is it for sale!!!!

NO

[victorio1sw]

Serial #6599. OLD 35mm PICTURES. Ex-Joe Bates Collection. He got gun in Oklahoma early 1950's in response to an ad placed in The Cattleman's Magazine. Factory letter confirms 41/c, 5", Nickel, Ivory, Factory Engraved, & Shipped to B. Kittredge & Co., Cincinnati, OH on 5-9-1878, 5 Guns.

[cloverleaf]

Serial #6628. Factory letter Confirms 41/c, 5" w/Ejector, Nickel, SNL, Factory Engraved & Shipped to Hodgkins & Haigh, 298 Broadway, NYC, 5-9-1878, 2 Guns.

All are wonderful but this is my fav

[Blackjack33]

My one and only. Letters as "Furnished without an ejector" and shipped in 1898.
Colt Model 1877 Lightning Revolver .38 cal. 1898 (1).jpg Colt Model 1877 Lightning Revolver .38 cal. 1898 (2).jpg Colt Model 1877 Lightning Revolver .38 cal. 1898 (3).jpg

[Shrek73]

My humble collection. Top left is an 1898 in .38LC shipped to Hibbard, Spencer, Bartlett & Company, Chicago, IL; Middle is a 1880 in .38LC shipped to Simmons Hardware Co., St. Louis, MO; bottom left is a 1895 in .41 LC shipped to E.K. Tryon, Jr. and Co., Philadelphia, PA ; top right is a 1905 in .38LC that I built with mismatched numbers; middle is a 1883 in .38 LC that I am rebuilding; bottom right is a 1886 in .41 LC that was shipped to JP Moore & Sons, New York, NY (originally Nickel). The second photo is my progress on the 1883 lightning, and I have since found an original cylinder pin. Only the 1895 was in working condition when I received them, and all have been fired with the exception of the 1883, which I am still working on.

[mrcvs]

Here's a few I own:

A Colt 1877 Lightning shipped to Winchester in 1880.

[mrcvs]

And another Colt 1877 shipped in 1880, this one a Thunderer.

[mrcvs]

And a Lightning dating from 1903. I might consider selling this one if you are interested, only because I tend to collect pre-1899 stuff these days.

[victorio1sw]

Serial #2564, with 1-piece hard rubber. Engraved "A. M. F." as added on backstrap. Factory letter confirms 38/c, BNL, Nickel, Rubber, & Shipped to Spies, Kissam & Co., NYC on 8-31-1877, 10 Guns.