Colt Letter Has Arrived!!!!

[royal barnes]

Back in July I posted pics and details on an 1878 Colt DA I had purchased. My letter from Colt arrived today. The revolver was made in April of 1889 and shipped on May 2nd of the same year to Sievers-Carson Hardware Company in Louisville, Kentucky. It was one of two of the same model in the shipment. Unfortunately I have been unable to obtain any info on the hardware store but I'm still looking.

[Galloway]

Very nice gun and story. Noy everyone realizes there were around 168,000 DA 77's and 78's made by the year 1900 vs 192,000 73's.

[O.T. Buchannan]

That is excellent!  Congrats!

[royal barnes]

Joss, Oh,yes!! I shot 50 of my normal Schofield loads which consist of 24 gr. 2f Goex, 1/8" card wad and a 255 gr. big lubed bullet. The pistol and load were totally adequate for NCOWS/SASS distances. Shooting it DA is tough but I don't plan to monkey with the springs to lighten them any. Hope to attend the Nationals again this year and will shoot it then.

[Ottawa Creek Bill]

Royal,
Can't wait to see that fine old piece!!

Bill

[St. George]

If you contact the County Historical Society for the county that Louisville is situated in - you'll find your information on the Sievers-Carson Hardware Company.

You may not find much - but if you send an email or call in the middle of the week, when it's not busy - the folks who staff those places are more than helpful.

Companies like that rose and fell like the tide and may have been bought out or simply went out of business - but the City/County Records of that sort of thing are generally extant, if you want to look.

Good Luck!

Vaya,

Scouts Out!