They are sold as collector's items or as "wall hangers". These antique guns are not sold in "live" condition. Therefore, all of IMA's Antique guns may be shipped to all US States. All rifles and muskets sold by IMA that were manufactured prior to 1899 are considered Antiques by the US BATF (United States Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco & Firearms). No FFL, C&R or any license is required to possess, transport, sell or trade Antique guns. This law exempts antique firearms from any form of gun control or special engineering because they are not legally considered firearms.
Code, Section 921(a)(16) defines antique firearms as all guns made prior to 1899. IMA considers all of our antique guns as non-firing, inoperable and/or inert. martial revolver that may very well have seen service in the Spanish American War. The bottom of the grip frame stamped: U.S. Fully operational except that the firing pin nose on the hammer has been shortened as a safety precaution, the revolver retains almost no original finish.
Serial number is 109172 meaning its production was the year 1898. This is a nice Army issue example with military inspectors cartouche and 1896 date at the bottom of the left side wood grip. 38 guns, such as the 1894, were designed to fire black powder cartridges only. All of these features appealed to the armed forces. It was both double and single action, it utilized the spring-loaded ejector rod, and the later models could fire the new (at the time) smokeless powder cartridges. This type of double action revolver represents a significant step in the evolution of the revolver, as it was Colt's first swing out cylinder revolver. Army primarily used these models, though there were civilian models as well. There are similar models of this handgun made by Colt: the Model 1889, 1892, 1895, 1896 and later the Model 19. 38 for a good reason, as it is a double action revolver and is chambered for the. This revolver is sometimes called the D.A. The Colt Model 1894 revolver is an important piece of history in the evolution of the modern handgun.
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