Colt Conversions

Post Civil War Colt .38 centerfire cartridge conversion with 3.5" barrel originally made in 1870. The serials are all matching. The actions work perfectly. The pistol was factory nickel plated post civil war and retains approximately 95%. The bore is very good. Overall very good example!

Serial Number 305306. Made circa 1870s. 38 Rimfire caliber with a 3 ½” barrel. Gun is in excellent condition with 95% of the original nickel finish. Cylinder scene is perfect. Fire blue still remains on the screws. Grips are excellent. Bright case colors on the hammer. This is a beautiful gun, one of 10,000 or so that were made using left over Colt 1849 and 1862...

Very unusual modern conversion made from a 1977 Colt 1860 Army U.S. Cavalry commemorative revolver. The grips are good looking faux ivory. A neat job of converting an actual Colt rather than an Italian replica. Excellent condition.

Made in 1870s. 44 Colt Centerfire with a 8”barrel. Gun is in excellent condition with 90% of the original nickel finish. Cylinder still has almost all of the cylinder scene. Grips are excellent with all of the original varnish. Screws still have some of the fire blue. This is a second model with the conversion ring and has the...

Colt 1862 Pocket Navy Conversion. Made in 1870s. 4 ½” Barrel in .38 Rimfire. Approximately 50% of the original nickel remains. The cylinder still has visible cylinder scene and about half of the finish. Grips are old ivories. Action indexes, but does not rotate all the way on every chamber. Very fine Colt 1862 Pocket Navy Conversion with ivory grips.

Colt 1851 Navy Conversion Revolver. Post-Civil war factory conversion to centerfire. Note that the hammer has a conical firing pin. Aside from the factory work this revolver has additional work done by a gunsmith of the period, such as the barrel is shortened to 4 ½”. He left the one line Colt address intact. The ejector housing and rod are the gunsmith’s own engineering, which actually...

Colt 1862 Pocket Navy. Made in 1870’s .38 Rimfire with 3” barrel. Reasonably sharp gun with a light gray patina with spots of light pitting in areas. Grips are very good with 60% of the original varnish. Action works well.

Colt 1862 Pocket. Made in late 1860’s-1870’s .38 RF caliber with a 3” barrel. Metal has a dark gray patina with light pitting on the metal. Grips are very good. Action works well.

Colt 1851 Navy Conversion. Made in 1861 .38 caliber centerfire. This gun looks to be a gunsmith conversion. Metal has a dark brown patina. Grips are very good. Action indexes and locks up.

Colt 10th cavalry identified 1860 1st model Richards conversion. Colt 1860 1st model Richards Conversion inscribed to Captain Nicholas Nolan 10th Cavalry. Very historical gun! This gun belonged to a Civil War Cavalry Officer, then a Captain in the legendary 10th Cavalry “Buffalo Soldiers”. This gun has had the metal cleaned, but all markings remain. Very good...

Colt Round Barrel Pocket Navy Conversion .38 Rimfire. 92-94% nickel on frame, barrel and cylinder. Very good grips.

Colt Pocket Navy conversion. 4½ octagonal barrel. (Approximately 2000 made of this variation). Gun has approximately 95-96% original nickel. Gun has 100% cylinder scene, grips are excellent. With 99% original varnish. Very fine and desirable Pocket Navy conversion.

Colt Pocket Navy Conversion .38 caliber revolver. 50% of the original nickel finish. Some pitting on metal. Some of the metal has been cleaned.

Scarce 12 Stop Colt 1st Model Richards Conversion. Metal has a dark gray patina with some pitting. These were the first of the Richards Conversions with the 12 cylinder stops. Very scarce gun!