Item ST 23800 Revolver - Colt 1849 Pocket, 1853

Summary

Colt 1849 Pocket model percussion revolver, cal. .31 in., rifled octagonal barrel 15.30cm (6 in.) long with loading lever attached. Made by Colt's Patent Fire Arms Manufacturing Co., Hartford, Connecticut, serial number 37455, 1853.

The 1849 Pocket Model, also termed the New Pocket Model, was the singular most popular Colt handgun of the nineteenth century with its production (including the Baby Dragoon models) running from 1848 to 1872. Perceived as an improved continuation of the 1848 Baby Dragoon, it differed through the addition of a loading lever, rectangular cyclinder stops with guides and adopted the Stage coach hold-up scene, in place of the military themed soldiers and indian scene of the Baby Dragoon.

Physical Description

Five chambered cylinder engraved with crisp stagecoach hold-up scene, small rounded brass trigger guard with good remnants of silver plating, steel frame, brass back strap with good remnants of silver plating, wooden grips, pin style front sight. Knurling on hammer is of course style. Barrel address is two-line New York address. Inspector's intial 'X' stamped onto triggerguard below serial number and 'L' stamped onto triangle of triggerguard right hand side.