1872 Open Top?

[Dave T]

My dumb question for today.

I don't have (and never did have) a USFA catalog so I'm just gonna ask. Did USFA ever make a copy of the 1872 Open Top Colt? Or for that matter, since I see references to them on this forum, did they ever make any of the percussion Colts or conversion models of same? If they did they must be rarer than the proverbial hens teeth (smile).

Dave

[Major 2]

Made no.... assembled yes ....

USFA    then known as USPFA imported both Uberti & ASM in the white and finished them.

I had one in 38 Cal. .... like  a dope,  I sold it to my shooting pard ,  it is used to beat me from time to time @ NCOWS  shoots
not every time , but enough to sting a little

[LonesomePigeon]

Here is a USFA(I don't know if it's really a USPFA) Richards-Mason on gunsinternational:

http://www.gunsinternational.com/guns-for-sale-online/revolvers/usfa-pistols-revolvers/u-s-f-a-richards-mason-38-spl-keis-engraved.cfm?gun_id=100698157

[Dave T]

Good grief! Do you suppose someone will actually pay close to $5000 for an Italian made reproduction, even with final assembly in Conn and engraving by Turnbull? I'm either missing something or I just don't get it.

Well, "what ever floats their boat", he said walking away mumbling to himself. (smile)

Dave

[Capt. John Fitzgerald]

Dave T,
To answer your question, USPFA/USFA never made a reproduction of the 1872 Colt open top revolver .  They did issue a very limited number of 1851 and 1860 Richards Mason conversion revolvers that were marked both USPFA and USFA.  I own one of the 1851 Navy conversions (marked USFA) and have been led to believe, from sources within USFA, that less than 40 of them were ever issued.  Even fewer of the 1860's were produced.  All of these were either Uberti or ASM imports that were fit and finished by USFA.
CJF

[Dave T]

Thanks Cap'n!

Dave

[GaryG]

The one on guns international is a 44 Colt.  Wasn't done by Keis

[Tascosa Joe]

I follow that Vender for SxS shotguns.  He is real proud of all of his stuff.

[Pangaea]

If the revolver is not engraved by Keis as Gary indicated, then the vendor is dishonest.  Too bad that stuff happens all the time.

[GaryG]

Let me just say I spoke with the man that built the gun, made the grips and did the engraving.  Since it was a USFA, it could easily been sold to this vendor as a Kies gun.  After all, Dennis and the Adams family were the two principal engravers used by USFA during most of the company's existence.