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1870 US ARMY CLEANING ROD AS ISSUED WITH THE COLT 1860
ARMY, THE COLT RICHARDS CONVERSIONS, THE MODEL 1871
REMINGTON ARMY PISTOL, THE SMITH & WESSON AMERICAN AND
THE COLT MODEL 1873 REVOLVERS:
As described in detail on page 300 (“Fourth Rod”) of Gun
Tools, Their History and Identification, Shaffer,
Rutledge, and Dorsey, this well recognized slotted
cleaning rod was specifically manufactured to fit in the
wiping rod pockets attached to the front of the US Army
Holsters of the early 1870’s.
Believed to
have been made at the Watervliet Arsenal – the same
arsenal that produced the holsters with the wiping rod
pockets – this rod was issued with all of the pistols in
the army's inventory during the early 1870’s, and
continued in use with the Model 1873 Colt Revolver in
the later years of the Indian Wars.
These are relatively scarce
appendages from the early days of the cartridge
revolvers and are an important component to complete a
display of these historic pistols. SOLD
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