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<blockquote data-quote="Cold Smoke" data-source="post: 3748610" data-attributes="member: 44374"><p>That was one of the things which really caught my eye. There’s no evidence in the stamping of a refinish. My dad was in metal finishing and plating for most of his adult life until his own business took off. As a wee nipper I was intimately familiar with base prep for finishing...<img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="🙄" title="Face with rolling eyes :rolling_eyes:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f644.png" data-shortname=":rolling_eyes:" /> I can still taste the rouge.</p><p></p><p>The last patent date on the barrel is 1905. Obviously I’m going to have to follow Alice to get the rest of the story. It does have the case mouth headspace ledge in the cylinder and an ACP round inserted without a moon clip sits flush with the cylinder face.</p><p></p><p>More to follow I’m sure.</p><p></p><p>Point of interest, The family of a childhood friend of mine had some relics of the great grandfather’s. When he went to work for Union Pacific he was issued his railroad watch, a twenty dollar gold piece to buy work clothes and a nickle plated Colt 1873 chambered in .44-40. They still had all three objects. That shiny Colt had a UP serial number if I’m not mistaken. Been a long time...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Cold Smoke, post: 3748610, member: 44374"] That was one of the things which really caught my eye. There’s no evidence in the stamping of a refinish. My dad was in metal finishing and plating for most of his adult life until his own business took off. As a wee nipper I was intimately familiar with base prep for finishing...🙄 I can still taste the rouge. The last patent date on the barrel is 1905. Obviously I’m going to have to follow Alice to get the rest of the story. It does have the case mouth headspace ledge in the cylinder and an ACP round inserted without a moon clip sits flush with the cylinder face. More to follow I’m sure. Point of interest, The family of a childhood friend of mine had some relics of the great grandfather’s. When he went to work for Union Pacific he was issued his railroad watch, a twenty dollar gold piece to buy work clothes and a nickle plated Colt 1873 chambered in .44-40. They still had all three objects. That shiny Colt had a UP serial number if I’m not mistaken. Been a long time... [/QUOTE]
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