June 25, 1876

[browningautorifle]

Maybe firing pin broken, hand? Something like that...mainspring...

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[RCS]

Back in 1990's this Colt single action serial number 5773 was sold on auction. To determine why this revolver was stated to be unserviceable, some very advanced Colt collectors conducted
a study. It was determined that a newer trigger spring had been installed at a much later time period. A broken trigger spring would not allow the bolt to index the cylinder which would just
spin around, perhaps some Indian recovered this revolver and found it to be not working and discarded it ?

Capt Benteen carrier a nickel plated Colt single action with a 7 1/2 inch barrel that was ordered from Colt and presented to Capt Benteen by Gen Terry. This revolver was lost in a fire at Benteen's house in Atlanta

[Merle]

Back in 1990's this Colt single action serial number 5773 was sold on auction. To determine why this revolver was stated to be unserviceable, some very advanced Colt collectors conducted
a study. It was determined that a newer trigger spring had been installed at a much later time period. A broken trigger spring would not allow the bolt to index the cylinder which would just
spin around, perhaps some Indian recovered this revolver and found it to be not working and discarded it ?

Capt Benteen carrier a nickel plated Colt single action with a 7 1/2 inch barrel that was ordered from Colt and presented to Capt Benteen by Gen Terry. This revolver was lost in a fire at Benteen's house in Atlanta

I also expect that the Indians would not bother with a broken revolver, so this makes sense. Thanks