Skills Challenge!

[ConfederateCanuck]

Hi folks. Here's a skills challenge for you. The attached picture is of a barely visible cartouche on my Colt1860 Army. It is so faint it is hard to see unless its in bright sunlight. I have positively identified the inspector that left his cartouche mark on my gun. The Skills Challenge = can you figure out the inspector? 1st to get it right gets a lot of bragging rights plus an all expenses paid "trip" to my next Forum posting (wow!! how thrilling, eh....)

 

[JOHN42768]

That would be OWA for Orville W. Ainsworth

 

[ConfederateCanuck]

Tada!!!! You win!! Sharp eye! Do you have one with his cartouche too? Bonus points for tge person tgat knows the serial # range he inspected.

 

[JOHN42768]

Unfortunatedly mine are unreadable. Range was 8487-16329 (Gun Report Nov. 2009). He also inspected many other model Colts and many other manufactuers

 

[ConfederateCanuck]

Charles Pate said he ranged up into the 60000s...will check my references later. As i recall my 1860 is in the 40000s

 

[johan_steele]

Tada!!!! You win!! Sharp eye! Do you have one with his cartouche too? Bonus points for tge person tgat knows the serial # range he inspected.

Interesting, I saw a very nice Special Model Colt M1861 wit his inspection mark on it. The owner thought it might have been spurious as he didn't know if Ainsworth had inspected those that and he thought it looked a little too crisp to his eyes..

 

[ConfederateCanuck]

Charles Pate article at www.coltcollectors.com states that Ainsworth inspected in the following range: 8,487 - 62,738

 

[UCVRelics]

Great Info here. Thanks

 

[ConfederateCanuck]

Sharing is caring! hahaha

 

[JOHN42768]

Ainsworth inspected some of each of the following per "U.S. Military Arms Inspection Marks" by Anthony C. Daum & Charles W. Pate.
Colt M1860
Colt M1861Navy
LG&Y Special M1861 Rifle-Musket
Remington New Army Revolver
Remington M1863 Type 1
Parker-Snow M1861
Colt SAA revolvers
Sharps New Model 1859 Rifle
Savage M1861 rifle- musket
Amoskeag Special ModelM1861 rifle- musket
S&W Model Three revolver
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[ConfederateCanuck]

A busy guy. How do I get a job like that? My dream job....sigh.....

 

[drm2m]

A nice OWA cartouche on a New Model Remington Army manufactured in 1863. (for Orville W. Ainsworth)

 

[ConfederateCanuck]

Wow...crisp!! very nice indeed.