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KidColt

Below are a few of the guns and parts that have been restored or created for various projects.  Click the pic for a larger view.

     Grip progress

The mangled parts were on an 1884 45 that had been converted to shoot 22lr.  The modern Colt came to me in 1980 as a replacement for a new 44-40 that had bad case color on it.  This replacement actually had a swatch of cold  blue applied on the right side of the frame, right out of the box.

Restored 44-40 wth new barrel, cylinder and grips.  Letters as a rare 5-1/2" with wood, shipped 1897

Ivory grips by DAN CHESIAK

Here's two examples of what we don't want to happen when shooting our Colts!  The left gun is a second gen that has an unusual rear sight.......           The other has lost it completely! 

This damage can be repaired and made virtually undetectable

with the inclusion of a new, era matching cylinder.  See the services page for details and photos of a repair.

  New barrel, cylinder and grips on this etched panel 44-40

Here are four more shots of the early gun shipped to J.P. Lower.  Look for this gun featrured in an article by Brian Pierce in the October 2005 issue of Handguns Magazine.

Another 44-40, completely restored.

All color case done by Don Menk at Color Case Company

These eight shots are of two Ainsworth cavalrys recently restored.