(on hold)Colt M1889 Rare 2"3/4 barrel variant .41 Long Colt Antique $4500
- Category
- Firearms Handguns
- Classification
- No PAL Required
- Action
- Revolver
- Condition
- Excellent
- Manufacturer
- Colt
- Caliber
- 41 LC
- Model
- 1889
- Sight
- open
- Capacity
- 6
- Hand
- Right Handed or Ambidextrous
Please text anytime 6476871484. Fully functional antique revolver in ready to shoot condition ,very smooth action no PAL needed.
Comes with FRT RCMP paperwork.
chambered for .41LC caliber but will accept .41LC short as well.
Reloadable ammo is available but sold separately.
Colt M1889 .41 LC This one is in excellent condition. It shows a good original deep blue. The nitre-blue is still vibrant on the rear of the hammer and on the trigger. Matching assembly numbers on the latch, crane, frame and cylinder. The action is smooth and strong, with accurate lock-up. The bore of a little over of the 2 3/4 inch barrel is bright, with good rifling . The walnut grips are excellent and undamaged. SN9243 , manufactured in 1892, excellent overall.
This model is an important milestone in Colt handgun development, as it is the first American revolver with a swing-out cylinder mounted on a crane, a development which would become the standard for modern revolvers to this day. The 1889 cylinder mechanism was already "on the books" as early as 1880, based on designs of Colt engineers William Mason, C.J Ehbets and Horace Lord. It would take almost ten years for Colt executives to give the green light to manufacture this gun, and once it was available, the US government quickly took notice and ordered several thousand for the Navy. Colt adopted the name "New Navy" in honor of this order. The gun has an interesting counter-clockwise cylinder rotation and a locking mechanism which relies on the two-pronged hand. The 1889 model would remain in production for 18 years, with improvements in 1892, 94, 95, 96, 1901 and 1903. When it was first introduced in 1889, it met with no competition from the other major makers - Smith & Wesson were still heavily engaged in manufacturing top-break revolvers, and Remington only had their solid frame revolvers with removable cylinders to offer. It would take S&W another ten years before they had a viable alternative to Colt's design.
