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looks like my m-1877 circa 1879 Colt Lightning .38 on yer post

kAcknor Sez:

I'll be... It does kinda... ;) I'll bet Doc's never had no little flag sticking out of it though... ;)

"yIQeqQo' neH, DoS yIqIp!" (Don't just aim, hit the target!)

Thanks fer the lil' Colt Lightning thar......

Very nice

Value on them is going up as SA 1sts disappear and double-triple in values

Same barrel length, HRs and blued

Mine is a very low 5 digit SN

Hollywood used to put Franzite SA style conversion grips on them to make them look like SAs

Many hate to work on Lightning DA internals but mine works perfectly

Even the Colt *New Army .38DA (Vince & Python prototype) Model 1896 I have is getting dear too

TR had *one, as he also had a 7½" SA .44-40 except his SA was engraved and nickled with carved "TR" Ivories

My nickled/MOP S&W BT circa 1883 .38 has a much lighter trigger and is as fast to draw and fire quickly as any I've ever seen

Jenks at S&W told me original Mother of Pearls are often worth much more then a nice old .38 BT

They also fit all the S&W J frames perfectly and lots of LEOS like antique pre-1999 MOPs on their revolvers

Lots of Border Patrol hotshots swore by them

Chicago mobsters used to like the hammerless BT Safety Grip S&W .38s; Al Capone had one in nickled/MOPs

Hollywood props depts also pulled off the ejector rods on Colt SAs for Civil War flicks

Never showed reloading though

I sometime stuff a "BANG" flag into my Colts or other antique handguns on my wall when libs come over for dinner or parties

I always use old vintage leather rigs for displays; kinda floppy, not real quick draw, many in flap design and/or rawhide stitched border edges; designed for weather protection mostly

Holsters and cartridge belts look nothing like the Hollywood Buscadero low slung movie/TV stuff
And a mini Reb Navy Jack flag in an Asheville Armory carbine muzzle
Many end up collecting antiquey Colts and/or at the range themselves

I'll check that list

Got a URL on that Lightning?