Yes it is an 1960 Army (I have problems counting over 11 with out taking my boots off.)
But the 1861 NAVY looks just as slick as it's older brother the 1860 ARMY.
Hey'ya' Bunk, yer 100 years to far down the road, "1860 Army"
I'll agree with ya ref the 1861 Navy lookin every bit as nice as its older brother, the 1860 Army. I have one of each, a Uberti 1860 and a Navy brand made by Uberti 1861 Navy. Enjoy shootin it more than my 1851, mostly due to the square back trigger guard on the 51' being a tight squeeze. Been-gonna replace it with a round TG, but as penned, It's a "been-gonna"!
Agree with ya Coffin about that 1st Model Richards being a fine lookin handgun. Wish Uberti would make a run of them, but as has been said in same type discussions on the forum, be too dollar wise expensive for the amount they'd probably sell and they would have to price them high to overcome the expense of producing. I've seen pictures posted by members of the forum of custom made 1st Model Richards by some of the 'smiths' who were members (Raven and Hoof Hearted come to mind). Nice lookin pieces. I do like the looks of the Richards II over the Richard-Mason's and Open Top, not that they're ugly by any means. Have a sample of each of the three and like the looks of the Richards II over the other two. If I had to choose one percussion and one conversion, it would be my 2nd Model Dragoon and the Richards II. One of my 'Never-Nevers' is my Peitta 1851 Navy 44 caliber. Better heft, feel, and more fun to shoot than the .36 caliber version. It's basically a half brother to both the 51 Navy and 60 Army. Looks of the 51 and heft, caliber, and size of the 60. Sort of the off spring of siblings marrying I guess.
Tis' a favorite shooter, a lot due to sentimental reasons. My first cap and baller was a Eruoarms 51' Navy in 44 caliber-a lot of black burned and lead down the bore of that one. Destroyed accidently in a fire when box gun was in accidently placed with 'burn pile items'.
Good info ya posted Capt Quirk. I read in one of my books about Colt's "R&D" department back in the day and it appears a lot of never produced models were built (maybe one or two) that either had a lot of mechanical differences or thoughtful small improvements from the basic Colt single action design. Some were only designs on paper, a lot of which were destroyed in the big Colt fire in the 1860's.