The 1860 Colt Army is a .44 caliber, 6 shot cylinder with an 8 inch round barrel and an attached loading lever. Serial numbers began at number 1 and ended around number 200500. The barrel markings are ADDRESS SAML COLT. HARTFORD CT or ADDRESS COL SAML COLT NEW-YORK U.S. AMERICA and the left side of the frame is marked COLTS / PATENT. The cylinder also had a roll engraved scene of a battle between the Texas Navy and the Mexican Navy and is also marked COLTS PATENT and the serial number. The grip straps were made of steel and blued. The grips were one piece of varnished walnut with a cartouche on each side. Colt stamped the serial number on the frame, trigger guard, backstrap, and barrel lug. The last four or five numbers are stamped on the cylinder, wedge, cylinder pin and written in the backstrap cut of the grips.

Offered here is serial number 71968, manufactured in late 1862. Metal has a gun metal gray patina with age spots throughout. Address and cylinder are visible. Walnut grip has one small chip of wood missing but the cartouches are sharp. All numbers match except for the wedge. Bore is good but does have pitting. Action is good. Sub-assembly mark on the trigger guard and backstrap. This was the most widely used sidearm of the Civil War.

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