![]() Use the Colt Serial Number Database Lookup Tool. In fact, I'm searching for just the right second generation gun to have as a shooter. If you like cowboy guns, they just don't get any better than a Colt Single Action Army. I would have just kept the gun if it had been one that I would shoot, but it didn't fit that category, being a first generation gun. I was actively building my collection at the time. They probably wont be back until Monday however. ![]() From the serial number data I have it appears that recent annual production quantities are in the range of 2,700 revolvers annually (225 per calendar month) for the years 2011, 2012 & 2013. 45 Colt, Color Case Hardened & Blue) in February 2014 with serial number S73549A. ![]() All you have to do though is call Colts CS at 1-800-962-COLT and theyll give you the exact year of manufacture. I recorded a new production Colt SAA (4-3/4 inch Barrel. Why it takes them so long just to enter a bunch of numbers in is completely beyond me, but thats Colt. My free advice (take it for what it's worth): ask the seller before buying a First Generation Colt Do you have an authentication letter from Colt? If the answer is YES, send it to me, (mail, fax, text or email), if NO, you should factor in the cost of the letter in your offer. Colts online SN database has been a 'work in progress' for the past ten years. Who knows? She could have came back to the phone and told me it was special ordered by Bat Masterson. ![]() But, I would have been a far better informed buyer. Now, it is true that had the lady told me the gun was nickel, I still would not have known whether it was the original finish or not, because I was buying this gun online from a dealer three states away who assured me the gun was original. ![]()
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