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Differences in Cylinders
Standard Cylinder
Long Flute Cylinder
Standard Cylinder
Standard Flutes
Standard Finishes
Full Length Bushing
Standard Rachet
Comparison
Long Flute Cylinder
Standard Cylinder
Cylinder Stampings prove to have had numerous variations throughout production. Some stamped with 4 and 3 numerals of the serial number. Some stamped with "&" and some simply were not stamped at all.
Long Flute Cylinder
Long Flute Cylinder
Long Flute Cylinder
Longer Flutes
High Polish
Shorter Bushing
Rachet Design
Familiar Stampings
Hammer Slot
Long Flutes have the letter "P" stamped within the hammer slot. The hammer is to be case color hardened on all blue finish models.
Checkering
Long Flutes have machine impressed late style checkering. The hammer should have a conical firing pin. Some hammers may have been updated aftermarket as well as the recoil shield for using a concave firing pin.
Trigger Guard & Frame
The assemblers used "1" and "2". The trigger guard is also gallery proofed with the VP stamping. The "1" stamping was Arah D. Libbey who was one of the assemblers paired up with Colt's Chief Assembler Robert Simons who used "2". In some cases, there is no inspector mark present on the trigger guard. The uncircled Rampant Colt on the frame along with the standard 2 line-3 patent dates are displayed.
Long Flutes during this production period followed similar percentages of regular single actions when discussing barrel lengths and caliber.
4 3/4"=47%, 5 1/2"=30%, and 7 1/2"=20%. And let's not forget about 4" sheriffs models that reared 3%. The exception is there are no documented 44-40's produced that have been brought into public view.
Long Flutes also abide by the same barrel markings, front site variations and grip options as regular production single actions.