Colt M1877 "Thunderer" .41 Long Colt Revolver Double Action Antique $3200
- Category
- Firearms Handguns
- Classification
- No PAL Required
- Action
- Revolver
- Condition
- Excellent
- Manufacturer
- Colt
- Caliber
- 41 LC
- Sight
- open
- Capacity
- 6
- Hand
- Right Handed or Ambidextrous
Please text anytime 6476871484. Antique revolver in ready to shoot condition ,very smooth action no PAL needed.
Comes with FRT RCMP paperwork.
This one is compact version of famous Colt M1877 "Thunderer" was made for self defense and fast action. With short barre and no regular extractor on the side this revolver made for concealed carry and optimized for fast double action. The action is strong and crisp, and the cylinder indexes and locks properly, without any play in the cylinder. The bore of the 3 1/4 inch barrel is very good bright with good rifling. The black hard rubber grips are very good and undamaged. SN 53847.
History & Background The M1877 was Colt's first double action revolver. Colt insisted on inventing their own double action mechanism, partly because there were numerous patents for DA revolvers in effect, which Colt did not want to infringe upon, but also because they trusted their chief engineers William Mason and C.B. Richards to come up with an original design. For this reason, the M1877's action is like a Swiss clock: it is somewhat convoluted and complicated, and it has earned the nickname "the gunsmith's favorite" over time. The gun did enjoy tremendous popularity however, and was manufactured for 32 years, even after Colt had improved the mechanism and simplified it considerably in later years. The M1877 was available in three calibers - .32, .38 and .41, and was originally called "Lightning". Later collectors coined the name "Rainmaker" for the .32 and "Thunderer" for the .41. In Canada, only the .41 caliber gun with serial numbers below 107,000 is considered an antique, as the others are either exempt calibers, or made after January 1, 1898.
