Colt Saa Serial Number Location

[Eliz Mettert]

TheSerial Number on old Colts occurred three places. Underside of the frame in front of the trigger guard, underside of the trigger guard, and underside of the butt. However the SN of record was the one on the frame. All three numbers should match if the parts all left the factory at the same time.

41 Colt or 41 Long Colt was a centerfire round. It was first developed for the 1877 Double Action Colt Thunderer. It was a lengthened version of the earlier 41 Short Colt. In the photo below, a 41 Colt round is in the center between an old 45 Colt on the left and a 44 Colt on the right. Like the 44 Colt, the 41 Colt featured a heeled bullet, meaning the rear of the bullet was of a smaller diameter than the rest of the bullet, just like a modern 22 Rim Fire.

By the way, it should be obvious if the gun is rimfire or centerfire. A centerfire Colt has the hole for the firing pin centered on the chamber. A Rimfire Colt will have the firing pin mounted higher on the hammer, and the hole for it will be off center towards the top of the chamber.

Where would I find some info on the colt with serial #130108? Is it a .41 long colt or .41 short.It does not have the screw that screw into the cylinder pin,so I am guessing that it is not a BP frame.

41 Long Colt was more effective, it had more powder capacity. Still, not a very powerful cartridge, you can see in my photo above how it compared to 45 Colt and 44 Colt for powder capacity. 41 Long Colt was about as powerful as a modern 38 Special. I do not think Colt chambered anything specifically for the 41 Short Colt, it would have been 41 Long Colt. Bottom line, 41 Short Colt or Long Colt it does not matter. Because the chambers were bored straight through for a cartridge with a heeled bullet, without a narrower cylinder throat, either one could have been fired in the same cylinder. This can be easily determined by looking into the chambers. There should not be a 'step' for a modern bullet that is the same diameter as the inside of the cartridge case.

The presence of a modern transverse cylinder pin latch is not a reliable indicator of whether or not the frame is a 'Black Powder' frame. Colt did not factory warranty the SAA for Smokeless powder until 1900, ten years after this gun was made. Most sources say the modern transverse cylinder pin latch first appeared in 1892 on some target models and by 1896 it was a standard feature. This one is two years earlier than that. Regardless, Colt did not feel their steel was strong enough for Smokeless powder until 1900. That means that revolver should only be fired with Black Powder. Use Smokeless at your own risk.

That's about all I can tell you. I don't even know if a factory letter will tell you more, other than where the gun shipped. I lettered one of my Colts a bunch of years ago. The only information it provided was Serial Number, Caliber, Barrel Length, Finish, Type of Stocks, Who it was shipped to and when, and number of guns in the shipment. Not a lot of information for what you pay for a Colt letter.

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