OE - GOOD - some minor replacement parts; metal smoothly rusted or lightly pitted in places, cleaned; principal lettering, numerals and design on metal legible; lightly scratched, bruised or minor cracks repaired; in good working order.

Manufactured in 1862. The top of the barrel is marked with the one line New York address, "COLTS / PATENT" on the left side of the frame. This revolver is accompanied by a factory letter which confirms its configuration and list it sold to "Col. D.D. Tompkins Assistant Quartermaster General." It was shipped "July 25, 1862" to "Lt. Col. G.D. Ramsay Washington Arsenal, Washington D.C.". The revolver was one of 1,000 in the shipment. Sub inspector proofs on most component parts and marked "BB" above the wedge screw. The frame and backstrap are cut for a shoulder stock.