Are you BRAVE enough to fire it ????????

[Brian the Brit]

I picked this little peace up for $60 the other day it is a Colt DA 41 , not sure on the year yet so any help there would be GOOD .
It is numbered 753 and on the base of the frame 21 415 (handle part )
The holster is marked 1941 and in good shape , the revolver not so good
A friend of mine arrived at the door and saw me playing with this , the first thing he said was " are you Brave enough to fire it ? "
Well what can you say .
My reaction to him was quite straight to the point , i was shocked .
My answer was DO YOU MEAN STUPID ENOUGH ?
This person also has a GUN
Anyway back to the colt ,
The gun defiantly has a few issues and I do not believe it would fire safely with out a lot of work but it sure dose look great in the collection .

Let me know what you guy's think of this

[Celt]

I'd shoot it.

[SavageDennis]

That is BEAUTIFUL, I love the patina. Clean it, load it & wake that ol'timer up!

[Brian the Brit]

LMAO I proberly will shoot it , But at the moment it dose have a couple of serious problems and i do so much like my fingers

[desdem12]

IT is a pistol isn't it?

[websterz]

Hell yeah I'd fire it! No +p, but target loads...no problem!!

[Junk Yard Dog]

What's the problem with it, it looks just like my 1917 Colt New Service, and my 1878 Colt DA, I have fired both of them with no problems at all. Great looking piece.

[jeremyb]

Ya I'd shoot it. I don't have anything I can't shoot as of now.

[Brian the Brit]

OK , so after some research and a couple of beers and a nice cigar , I have worked out what this is ( I think )
I believe this is a Colt 1889 Navy made between 1892 - 93 .
Dose anyone know where parts are available for this ??????
Or can anyone help me ?
I need the Spring for the Hand or complete hand with spring .
I will post photos of this part soon .
Any help would be GREAT

[Junk Yard Dog]

Numrich Arms if anybody would have them, they had parts for my 1917 years ago, however it took them several years to come up with them.

[Brian the Brit]

I have just found this , but I don't know if they will ship to Canada , will contact them and see.

http://www.coltparts.com/pt_1892da.html

Will also look at Numrich

Thanks for your help

[Junk Yard Dog]

[Noble Sniper]

I would shoot it after handling it and checking a few things first......... very nice old Colt Sir ;)

[target]

Without knowing the condition of the bore or the state of the timing and going just purely on what I am seeing in these pictures... yeah I'd put a few rounds down range with it after I cleaned it and inspected it. Looks like a solid little gun. Just looks like it spent too much time in that fabric holster over the last 72 years. When I see my friends leave their guns in soft cases, hard cases, or holsters of any kind I warn them that there is a good chance moisture could get trapped in there with the gun and negatively affect it. They usually just nod then stick it right back in the case.

[Junk Yard Dog]

I get the soft pile silicone impregnated cases from Cabelas, been using some over 14 years now and no problems. They are like a thick, gray gun sock. Been getting more expensive, double now what I used to pay and I need another six again.

[Brian the Brit]

Here's a thought
We or most of us have many items in our collections , Junk yard dog might have opened a can of worms here ,
How do we store them and how often do we clean them if not used ????
I am a fiddler ( In a nice way ) I have 56 Rifles and 18 hand guns, (six BP ) and as I said before , always fiddling .
The Black powder Guns I clean all the time and If I use corrosive ammo In any of the Rifles I will re-clean several times after use over 3-4 days .
Lets see what every one else dose

Interesting

[Junk Yard Dog]

It's easy, I buy a product called spray cosmoline, it's cosmoline in a can, spray it on wet and it dries to the typical cosmoline wax coating. Then I stick the piece into a heavy trash bag, tape it shut to keep air away from it, tag it so I know what's inside, and stick it in one of the vaults. I have had things stored 17 years like this, every now and again I open one up to use it, take pics, or just look it over, never had so much as a spot of mold on anything. Small stuff gets oiled up and stuck in a big USGI steel ammo can, air tight storage forever. Once in the cosmoline they do not get cleaned again until the cosmoline is ready to come off, a week or fifty years, doen't matter. I never store anything away unless it's been a few weeks or longer since I last shot it, then give the bore a going over one last time before the cosmoline.

[Junk Yard Dog]

When you have 10, or 20 rifles it's not that much work to oil them up every week or so in humid weather. Once it hits 40-50 then it starts to get to be a chore that eats up an anazing amount of time. When it reaches 75-100 then you now have a second full time job just keeping the dust off of them. 100-200, you can just forget about it unless you have a full staff to help you

[Brian the Brit]

LMAO ,,,, How many have you got ?
I just ordered a Polish TT33 , My wife will be so happy with me She just dose not understand that I need one for the collection
Dam it , He not busy being born is busy dying .
Lol

[Brian the Brit]

Forgot to say , That's good info for long term storage , Thank you