In order to participate in the GunBroker Member forums, you must be logged in with your GunBroker.com account. Click the sign-in button at the top right of the forums page to get connected.
Winchester shipped Colt saa
shootuadeal
Member Posts: 5,303 ✭✭✭✭
Is this common? What do you guys think the purpose of Winchester receiving a SAA from Colt was? Says in the auction that they were a shipping agent sometimes but not sure what that means.
Maybe it is common and I just haven't ran across one before. Neat gun anyways.
Comments
One of the common theories is that some entity ordered a number of Winchester rifles (in this instance caliber 44-40 Model 1873s) and wanted a like number of Colt SAAs in the same caliber. This simplified the process for the buyer as they only had to place one order with Winchester instead of two, one with W and the other with Colt.
Another possibility is that W used these revolvers for ammunition testing.
Why isn't 44-40 stamped on the barrel ?
"Never do wrong to make a friend----or to keep one".....Robert E. Lee
Off the top of my head, the caliber was not stamped on the barrel until about 1890. The revolver linked in the OP was shipped in 1880.
44 CF is stamped on the L side of the trigger guard. NOT WCF, just CF. Colt was not going to give free advertising to a competitor