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Recently I came into possession of a Colt Bisley Model SA revolver with roll markings on the 4-3/4 barrel indicating its a Frontier Six Shooter .44 WCF (.44-40). A check on Colts database showed it was made in 1907. The exterior exhibited lots of honest use, but the bore and chambers were good and its mechanically sound. An interesting item was some pearl inlays on the left grip panel. Colt helped me with some research and sent me a letter advising the old sixgun was shipped to Ketelsen & Degetau (K&D) in El Paso on June 20, 1907. K&D had hardware stores on both sides of the U.S./Mexico Border and were known to supply both sides during the Mexican Revolution. The store in Cd. Juarez was burned by Pancho Villas forces on day 2 of the Battle of Juarez on May 9, 1911. Shooting a gun like this is a real nexus with history, so I tried 3 different .44-40 cowboy cartrides in it from Hornady, Ten-X and Winchester. Shooting was done from the bench at a distance of 15 yards; 5 shots with each cartridge. You can see the results in the photo. What are the pearl inlays...notches? Did this Colt belong to a Villista? If it could only talk...
Posted on: Tue, 23 Dec 2014 23:36:31 +0000

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