Colt Model 1902 Double Action Revolver from the lot of approximately 4600 revolvers purchased for issue to the Philippine Constabulary. The revolver has the distinctive oversize trigger guard and elongated trigger which are unique to the Model 1902 Double Action Revolver. The revolver has a bird's head butt with two-piece, black, checkered, hard rubber grips. The grips feature the Rampant Colt trademark in an oval. A casehardened, swivel, lanyard loop is fitted on the butt. The revolver has the Colt high polish commercial blue finish. The trigger and hammer have a niter blue finish and the sides of the hammer are polished bright. The top of the barrel is roll-stamped: "COLT'S PT. F.A.MFG. Co. HARTFORD CT. U.S.A." in a single line. The caliber designation,"45 COLT." is roll-stamped on the left side of the barrel. The underside of the barrel is stamped with a "K" Colt inspection mark and an Ordnance "P" proof. The right side of the frame has a "U.S." property mark stamped above the trigger guard bow and the Ordnance inspector's initials "JTT" stamped just above the top of the right grip and the date "1902" in front of it. The Ordnance sub-inspector's initials "R.A.C." are stamped on the left front trigger guard bow. The encircled Rampant Colt trademark is stamped on the lower left side of the frame just ahead of the grip. The rear face of the cylinder is stamped with "R.A.C.", a "P" proofmark and the partial serial number "6647". The partial serial number "6647" is also stamped on the rear face of the loading gate. The full serial number, "46/647" is stamped in two lines on the butt in front of the lanyard loop. All of the visible serial numbers match.

Very fine. The revolver retains 85% of the original blue finish. Most of the finish wear is concentrated on the back strap, the bottom and sides of the trigger guard, the top of the frame and the side of the ejector housing. There is some minor pitting of the top strap to the left of the sighting groove. The finish has scattered light handling and storage marks. There is dried grease in the cylinder flutes and inside of the frame. The grips are in good condition with moderate handling wear. The markings on the barrel, frame and cylinder are sharp. The revolver functions well in double action but the hammer will not hold at full-cock. This is a very fine, original, example of a Colt Model 1903 Philippine Constabulary Double Action revolver