Colt 1860 .44 Cal Revolver Part

winchestercollector66

Was out scouting around yesterday and run across this old brass trigger guard housing at a local antique shop. Was wrote on the tag this was from a old 1860's Colt .44 Cal Revolver. From what I can make out it says 44 Cal on the left side plate. Their are no markings behing the trigger area so it leaves me to believe this would be off of a civialian model possibly. The serial number has been partial polished or rubbed away and I can make out the numbers 29 maybe a partial 3 or 8 as it is hard to tell. I have looked other trigger guard housing over on reproduction and original colts and find this one to be more like the original ones from the style of the brass casting. It measures roughly 41/2 inches long x 7/8 inches wide x 3 inches high. I have posted four pics for viewing and any information that you colt experts and collectors could give me would be great thanks alot K. Flowers
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Spider7115

It looks more like a replica to me. The casting quality is poor and not up to Colt standards and the numbers don't look right. The mainspring screw also appears to be a replica.

dandak1

If replica the mainspring screw will be metric, may want to determine the thread pitch and see.