A Day at the Colt Armory 1857

SIGP2101 · 04-20-2015, 12:59 PM

United States Magazine, vol. 4, no. 3 (March 1857)

For the history buffs. I think you are going to enjoy reading it. I certainly did.

A Day at the Armory: Part I

A Day at the Armory: Part II

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Sergio Natali · 04-20-2015, 03:10 PM

Thank Joe

Beautiful dead interesting thanks.

Sergio

SIGP2101 · 04-21-2015, 12:40 PM

What extremely exciting is if you dig deeper into the article you can find links to lots of Colts documents from the period. Like for example pics of tooling and machinery used back then, buildings, persons involved, weaponry, surroundings...

It is interesting, for example, to be able t o compare two images like this one side by side one from the article and photo from the archive:

"Revolver frame jigging machine

The use of the revolver frame jigging machine is demonstrated by a Colt worker. This machine could cut both the interior and exterior surfaces of a revolver frame. The inner hub of the machine is engraved "Col. Saml. Colt Hartford Ct." The employee wears a unique hat that is square at the top and seems to be made of folded paper."

For me this kind of trip back into the past is priceless.

04-20-2015, 12:59 PM	#1
SIGP2101 User Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Canada Posts: 256 Thanks: 74 Thanked 67 Times in 32 Posts	A Day at the Colt Armory 1857 United States Magazine, vol. 4, no. 3 (March 1857) For the history buffs. I think you are going to enjoy reading it. I certainly did. A Day at the Armory: Part I A Day at the Armory: Part II SIGP2101

04-20-2015, 03:10 PM	#2
Sergio Natali User Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Somewhere in Northern Italy Posts: 2,646 Thanks: 1,082 Thanked 1,783 Times in 1,007 Posts	Thank Joe Beautiful dead interesting thanks. Sergio __________________ "Originality can't be restored and should be at the top of any collector's priority list.

04-21-2015, 12:40 PM	#3
SIGP2101 User Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Canada Posts: 256 Thanks: 74 Thanked 67 Times in 32 Posts	What extremely exciting is if you dig deeper into the article you can find links to lots of Colts documents from the period. Like for example pics of tooling and machinery used back then, buildings, persons involved, weaponry, surroundings... It is interesting, for example, to be able t o compare two images like this one side by side one from the article and photo from the archive: "Revolver frame jigging machine The use of the revolver frame jigging machine is demonstrated by a Colt worker. This machine could cut both the interior and exterior surfaces of a revolver frame. The inner hub of the machine is engraved "Col. Saml. Colt Hartford Ct." The employee wears a unique hat that is square at the top and seems to be made of folded paper." For me this kind of trip back into the past is priceless. Attached Thumbnails Last edited by SIGP2101; 04-23-2015 at 07:43 PM.