Colt SAA Artillery Model .38 WCF - The Firearms Forum

jrhinehart · 11-02-2012, 01:41 PM

One of my father's friends brought over his collection of pistols to see how old they were and I ran across this beauty. After a few hours of research I found it to be a Colt SAA, although none of them seemed to match exactly what I had. After more time spent searching I learned that it was an "Artillery Model." However, out of all the places I've been online, I've only seen them in .45, and this one is a .38 WCF.

As a matter of fact, the only place I've even heard MENTION of the .38 is in this old post on this forum from 2006.
http://www.thefirearmsforum.com/showthread.php?t=32803

Does anyone have any idea what this could be worth (at least in comparison to the .45 version?) Thank you much!

Bill DeShivs · 11-02-2012, 01:55 PM

The barrel has been replaced.

Jim K · 11-02-2012, 05:54 PM

I seem to see a faint outline of the "U.S." marking, but no Army contract guns were made in .38 W.C.F. (.38-40) caliber. If the gun serials to a contract gun, then, as Bill says, the barrel has been replaced and, I assume, the cylinder has also. First generation SAA's in .38-40 are fairly common, some 30 thousand having been made, but that does not appear to be one of them.

Jim

11-02-2012, 01:41 PM	#1
jrhinehart Member Join Date: Nov 2012 Posts: 1	Colt SAA Artillery Model .38 WCF One of my father's friends brought over his collection of pistols to see how old they were and I ran across this beauty. After a few hours of research I found it to be a Colt SAA, although none of them seemed to match exactly what I had. After more time spent searching I learned that it was an "Artillery Model." However, out of all the places I've been online, I've only seen them in .45, and this one is a .38 WCF. As a matter of fact, the only place I've even heard MENTION of the .38 is in this old post on this forum from 2006. http://www.thefirearmsforum.com/showthread.php?t=32803 Does anyone have any idea what this could be worth (at least in comparison to the .45 version?) Thank you much! -->

11-02-2012, 01:55 PM	#2
Bill DeShivs Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Contributor Posts: 1,470	Re: Colt SAA Artillery Model .38 WCF The barrel has been replaced. __________________ Bill DeShivs www.billdeshivs.com

11-02-2012, 05:54 PM	#3
Jim K Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 6,408	Re: Colt SAA Artillery Model .38 WCF I seem to see a faint outline of the "U.S." marking, but no Army contract guns were made in .38 W.C.F. (.38-40) caliber. If the gun serials to a contract gun, then, as Bill says, the barrel has been replaced and, I assume, the cylinder has also. First generation SAA's in .38-40 are fairly common, some 30 thousand having been made, but that does not appear to be one of them. Jim