Should I or should I not?

[J.B. Arthur]

BTW, that gun is not a “reproduction made by Uberti”. Some of the castings, cylinder, back straps, and barrels came as rough forgings from Uberti but they were bored, rifled and finished in the Iver Johnson factory under Colt’s supervision to Colt’s specifications. As such it is a Colt’s revolver and can be papered with a factory letter.

I'm not an expert on Colts. Don't claim to be altho I have stayed in a Howard Johnson one night. I am more informed about such tho. I've read through years of posts on various forums about 2nd and also about the 3rd gen. some really great info out there but in my research Ive had to sift through the TON of misinformation about such as well. I've sifted through a large amount of posts that say these are made by Uberti and this is simply not the case. In short I agree with Bad Karma

 

[Bad Karma]

Thanks for the additional information. How would I find out what it's worth?

You might look at sold listings on an auction site such as GunBroker.

And… @Ansel McAdams is wise beyond his years…

 

[2 shots]

have not read all answers but if its a model that is still available not much of a collectors piece.shoot it AND take care of it and all will be well.

 

[Terrier]

I don’t have any “unshot safe queens”. Never will.

Shoot it, and make sure to clean it good. That $100 value loss you’re worried about will probably be erased by value gained over time.