These parts swaps are known to Early Colt revolver collectors as "campfire" switches. Troops would routinely lay a blanket out around the campfire and strip the main components from their revolvers, throw them on the blanket and replace parts onto their guns as they cleaned them. In the rather unique case of early Colts, the switched part is usually only serial numbers off the balance of the gun, as revolvers were issued in serial blocks to each unit.
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