Good morning,

I have recently acquired a Colt M1892 New Army revolver that is a 1901 model revision. I have tried looking up serial number information to get a year of manufacture for the revolver.

I have discovered a forum posting that states S/N for the 1901 models start at S/N: 148000. As stated by this posting ( https://www.usmilitariaforum.com/forums/index.php?/topic/302244-colt-1901-da-expert/ ).

I have discovered that my S/N is a lower number than the posted number. My S/N is 63262. A gentleman in that same forum posting also has run into the same occurrence. I would like to see if the information given to that man (Colt rebuilds of M1892 revolvers and scrubbing the butts to place a new model number and relocating the S/N) is true. Thank you for your time!
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