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I knew I would be asked...
Lou Imperato who had made the Italian and Iver Johnson "Colt 2nd Generation" revolvers picked up the line Colt had ended in 1982 when in 1993 he founded/formed the Colt Blackpowder Arms Co. The CBA Company then made the "Colt 3rd Generation" blackpowder line aka the Colt "Signature Series" until 2002.
IMHO, a major problem with the 3rd Generations (including the Colt SM1861 RM) was the Samuel Colt signature cast into the back strap (or trigger guard of the rifle-musket).
It created/creates a "de-farb" issue as it lowers the resale value of the gun as a collector's piece to remove it, plus the steel back strap revolvers make it hard to very hard to reblue and match.
Curt
I knew I would be asked...
Lou Imperato who had made the Italian and Iver Johnson "Colt 2nd Generation" revolvers picked up the line Colt had ended in 1982 when in 1993 he founded/formed the Colt Blackpowder Arms Co. The CBA Company then made the "Colt 3rd Generation" blackpowder line aka the Colt "Signature Series" until 2002.
IMHO, a major problem with the 3rd Generations (including the Colt SM1861 RM) was the Samuel Colt signature cast into the back strap (or trigger guard of the rifle-musket).
It created/creates a "de-farb" issue as it lowers the resale value of the gun as a collector's piece to remove it, plus the steel back strap revolvers make it hard to very hard to reblue and match.
Curt