Colt SAA with base pin screw in frame in front of frame

DeafSmith · Aug 11, 2016

Just came upon a Colt SAA with base pin screw in frame in front of frame and a small front sight that seems to be welded to the barrel.

Yes the base(cylinder) pin is held in by a screw in the front of the frame underneath the pin itself. And the front sight seems to be welded in, kind of a small sight (it's a fixed sighted model) and not the typical Colt SAA sight.

Rather new looking gun, sn around 288xxx. Is it fake?

Thanks.

dogface6 · Aug 11, 2016

That's known as a 'Blackpowder' frame.

Good, clear photos - taken in strong, natural light - of everything that looks like a marking will tell us more, so we can tell you more.

Hollywood · Aug 11, 2016

Agreed with dogface, definitely black powder frame. Though I thought all SAA's had their front sights welded right in.

weagle99 · Aug 11, 2016

Front sight are soldered into a slot machined into the barrel.

saintclair · Aug 11, 2016

SAA with SN of 288,xxx would not have a screw that holds in the cylinder pin. It would have a spring-loaded cross-latch.

Hondo44 · Aug 11, 2016

I certainly agree of course. Any frame after ~ # 164,000 "normally" would have the cross latch cyl pin retainer. I say normally because it's not unheard of for an old BP style frame to be dredged up out of inventory and assembled.

But whether or not that's the case with the OP's gun is a whole 'nother story w/o very close inspection. The existence of the welded on front sight, for example, does not bode well for the gun's originality.

Colt SAA with base pin screw in frame in front of frame

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