Reply With QuoteHi can you put a photo up of the markings up as this would be a great help, it sounds intresting.
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Hi folks
Father in law has had this in his attic for ever and would really like to know a bit more about it and possibly a valuation.
http://i864.photobucket.com/albums/a...psjb9rorqh.jpg
The only markings I can make out are
Colt's PT FA MFG CO HARTFORD CT USA
Patented May 29 Sept 18 83 MAY 26 85 JUNE 16 86 FEB 22 87
Thanks in advance.
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Hi can you put a photo up of the markings up as this would be a great help, it sounds intresting.
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of it a break barrel Millita ...it may be a derivative / imported and stamped as Colt - I do not have access to images offhand but BSA did a break barrel version themselves .
Or it could be the one of only three rare thin.....nope I am only joking ....There are preWar experts here , they will input their knowledge soon I'm sure ..
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I would also like to see a pic of the markings, please John, along with other more detailed pics.
It looks interesting because if it really is a gun by Colt's Patent Fire Arms Manufacturing Company, with those patent details, it would seem to predate the European equivalent of this kind of break barrel, unless it's a mixture of different guns.
The small dovetailed void on the underside of the barrel about two thirds of the way to the muzzle is like what you see on underlever rifles to hold the lever catch. Plus the cocking link 'collar' looks like it could be an 'add-on'. And the barrel looks a little thick for the small diameter of cylinder.
All in all very strange! But interesting too.
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Was there not a similar oddity turn up here recently ...very nice , unusual but it appeared 'odd' ...methinks last two months ?
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I think its a fantastic bitza, from back in the day when people fixed things with what was to hand. If its a .22, perhaps the barrel has been used from a earlier rifle, such as a pump action lightning or a single shot. The stock may have come from the same rifle too. Very interesting, whatever it is though
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That's what I thought.Originally Posted by silva
I think its a fantastic bitza, from back in the day when people fixed things with what was to hand. If its a .22, perhaps the barrel has been used from a earlier rifle, such as a pump action lightning or a single shot. The stock may have come from the same rifle too. Very interesting, whatever it is though
I have never heard of Colt making an air rifle (and there is none mentioned in the Blue Book, just the Umarex 1911s).
I'm sure that if Colt had made air rifles, they'd be well-known, and US gun collectors would be paying thousands for them.
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So it could be a bit of a Heinz 57 then.
Here are the only other photos I have
http://i864.photobucket.com/albums/a...pswrkozu0f.jpg
http://i864.photobucket.com/albums/a...psuwcyot75.jpg
http://i864.photobucket.com/albums/a...pswgmdcpwl.jpg
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Googling the text of the barrel markings gets a lot of hits for the 1880s Colt Lightning pump-action rifle, made in .22" (among other calibres up to .50"). So that looks like the source of the barrel.
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Looking at these photos l would definately say it's bit of a Heinz 57, l bet someone enjoyed putting that together.
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With the intense collectability of anything Colt,, the chances of this being anything but a Frankenstein gun is nil.
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the entire length , ? maybe diameter cylinder out side , in cm please if you can.
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