Where Historical Provenance Lives and Thrives.
Our Archival Holdings Include a Wide Array of Original Factory Ledgers and Content that Can Enhance Your Collection.
We can provide Archival Research Letters For Your Colt!
Special Order Ledgers - 1889 through 1914
The Original Hintlian Colt Special Order Ledgers hold thousands upon thousands of ledger entries and special hidden details that can enhance your gun, confirm configuration, and provide added provenance.
Colt Shotgun Records - 1880 through 1883
Original entry ledger books showcase Colt Shotgun orders from a window of time between 1880 and 1883, with beautiful detail and data presented in it's original elegant form, and added provenance for collectors.
Colt Rifle Assembly and Repair Records
Our Lightning and Burgess rifle records span 1884 through 1900, with roughly 6000 serial numbers included on our rolls from period kept ledgers. The data ranges varies from assembly dates, to repair records, to named provenance for who sent a rifle in for repair in many cases.
The 1901 Ledger
We hold a unique window into a particular year of records: 1901. This one ledger provides profuse opportunities to showcase shipping data beyond the usual known locations. Did a gun only ship to Simmons Hardware, or did it go further, perhaps to Indian Territory, or Texas, or New Mexico?
Ken Moore's Single Action Army Records
Early Colt SAA writer and researcher Ken Moore's survey of black powder Colt Single Action Army revolvers includes roughly 20,000 cards with serial number specific information, now available for the first time to collectors to further add to the provenance of their collection.
And it Doesn't Stop There...
We hold over 50 original time period ledger record books that span the 1880s through 1920, with a true abundance trove of amazing detail and data. Employee records, inventory rolls, Colt M1895 Potato Digger records, the well is truly deep.