This early Colt Model 1860 Army has the highly desirable early full fluted cylinder. While over 200,000 Colt Model 1860 Army Model revolvers were manufactured, only around 4,000 were manufactured with fluted cylinders, making this variation especially desirable. Some of these distinctive Colts were even shipped to the South before and at the very beginning of the Civil War. Of the small amount of these fluted cylinder revolvers made, most of them were no doubt heavily used during the war, making surviving examples particularly scarce. Features the one-line Hartford barrel address, "COLTS/PATENT" frame marking, frame cut for a shoulder stock, fluted cylinder with faint remnants of the 1850 patent date marking, and matching serial number "1392" marked on the barrel, frame, trigger guard, butt, cylinder and wedge, the cylinder pin is unnumbered but appears correct, two of the cylinder chambers are still period loaded, and the right grip panel has an inlaid silver shield. Revolver was shipped to Colt's New York office on January 16, 1861. This was a 50 gun shipment.

Good, exhibiting mostly smooth brown patina overall on the iron with some scattered patches of mild oxidation and light pitting, retains 60% original silver plating on the trigger guard with bright patina on the exposed brass. Broken/partially absent spring piece in the wedge. Grip is very good with mild edge wear and handling marks. Mechanically fine.