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. The single digit serial number is stamped on the frame. 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. Manufactured in 1873 as the second production Colt SAA revolver to come off the factory line, serial number 2 has the rare and extremely desirable 'pinched frame' rear sight found only on civilian Single Action Army revolvers below serial number 200 and government test model revolvers. This colt serial number style remained in production up until mid-1976 before the 70 was then moved to the last two digits of the code. 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. It has the same serial number on the frame, trigger guard, and grip frame, making this a. 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. The revolvers serial number is 156040, which dates production to 1894.
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