Welcome to immediately’s Photo of the Day! Here we’ve got a follow-up to yesterday’s Photo of the Day. This is the “improved” model of the Colt 1878 that took place largely because of conflicts within the Philipines on the flip of the century. It is a protracted and repeated story however permit me to state the gist of it. In the very early 1900s conflicts between the US army/Philippine Constabulary and the Philippine Moro individuals. Basically, this set of conflicts would showcase that the Smith & Wesoon 38 revolvers had the downside of not having sufficient stopping energy. There are many documented circumstances of Moro fighters who would wrap themselves up tightly in material in order that in the event that they had been to be damage (even mortally) they may proceed to struggle for longer due to the compression on their physique. They had fixed stress on them so they might not bleed out. The army and police drive started taking their previous Colt 45 SAAs out of retirement and ordering a complete batch of the newly improved Colt 1902. This model of the Model 1878 had a a lot stiffer hammer spring to cope with the sunshine primer strike challenge however because of this, had a really powerful set off pull. This is why the set off is longer(extra leverage) and by proxy so is the set off guard.
“Manufactured in 1902. U.S. marked and “R.A.C.” and “J.T.T.” inspected. With lanyard. Letter verifies the caliber, barrel size, blue end, and rubber grips when it was 1 of 100 shipped to Springfield Armory on April 19, 1902.”
Lot 6455: Colt 1902 Revolver 45 Colt – R.A.C. Inspected Colt Model 1902 Philippine/Alaskan Model Double Action Revolver with Factory Letter. (n.d.). Rock Island Auction Company. {photograph}. Retrieved February 6, 2023, from https://www.rockislandauction.com/detail/1028/6455/colt-1902-revolver-45-colt.
