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USFA Custer Battlefield Gun
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The U.S. Fire Arms Mfg. Co. (USFA) Custer Battlefield Gun is a revolver machined from solid steel bar stock and features properly tempered springs and a hand-built action. It is painstakingly accurate to 1870's-era Colt Single Action Army pistols inspected by Orville W. Ainsworth and is available only in the Ainsworth-inspected serial numbers 200-14,343. It is available in .45 Colt caliber with 7½ inch barrel. It is finished in a historically correct bluing process the company calls Antique Patina Aged Blue., The Custer Battlefield Gun features the same cartouche stampings as the originals, the same markings on parts, and the stamping style is true to the originals. The gun's frame is the black powder variation and the rear sight is a "V" notch while the front has a blade sight. These are considered the finest reproductions of the guns inspected by Ainsworth. The U.S. Fire Arms Government Inspector series includes reproductions of not only arms inspected by Orville W. Ainsworth, but also those inspected by Henry Nettleton (serial numbers 47,056-51,083), David F. Clark (serial numbers 53,006-121,238), John E. Greer (serial numbers 81,918-111,632), and Rinaldo A. Carr (serial numbers 130,438-140,361). They are popular for Cowboy action shooting and are entirely American made. The U.S. Fire Arms Safety and Instructional Manual for Single Action Firearms describes safe handling procedures and user responsibility.
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