I stand corrected. My S&W 686 and 66, and the little Taurus are all CCW.
Mark your calendars, 'cuz it ain’t often I’m wrong. 
The irony, of course, being that half the gun companies on the planet produce a Colt SAA knockoff, which are just as good (if not better) than the Colt, and a lot cheaper.
To be honest, I’m really surprised Colt haven’t come up with something like the Ruger GP-100; a cheap, reliable, accurate, and almost indestructible double-action .357 Magnum revolver.
They have become quite full of themselves it seems. Their once grand line of guns for civilians has shrunk to the 1911, AR-15 and the SAA. They still have extensive lines for military and police of course, but not much for us mere civilians…
And of those guns, two of them (The M1911 and the SAA) are also being made by pretty much every other arms-maker on the planet and their dog.
It’s a shame, really- for the better part of a century the word “Colt” was synonymous with “Handgun”, and yet now people are surprised to discover they still make firearms at all. (I have never seen a New-In-Box Colt firearm for sale in Australia, FWIW).
My Ruger GP100 .357 cylinder revolves CCW, with the cylinder opening to the left-hand side of the frame. I assume it’s to make it more “right-hand friendly.”
Tripler
I keep the darn thing lubed up real good in this Florida humidity too.
From 7th Edition Military Small Arms of 20th Century by Ian V. Hogg & John S. Weeks
US Revolver, Colt New Army M1892,
And,
US Revolver, Smith & Wesson Hand Ejector, M1899
Then,
Us Revolver, Colt Army Special, M1908
(the last of the 38 cal service revolvers)
This is where Scumpup’s sources information most likely came from;)
However the Navy is to blame, but the Colt was the 1st revolver corrupted:D
Just had to revive this old post when I reviewed this book.