Summary
Colt 1849 Pocket model percussion revolver, cal. .31 in., rifled octagonal barrel 151 mm (6 inches.) long with loading lever attached. Made by Colt's Patent Fire Arms Manufacturing Co, serial number 50671, 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 stagecoach hold-up scene, in place of the military themed soldiers and Indian scene of the Baby Dragoon.
Physical Description
Five chambered cylinder engraved with stagecoach hold-up scene lightly worn, small rounded brass trigger guard with good remnants of silver plating, steel frame, brass back strap with light remnants of silver plating, wooden grips, pin style front sight. Knurling on hammer is course style. Barrel address is two-line New York address.
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Acquisition Information
Bequest from F. Spry, 24 Oct 1922
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Maker
Colt's Patent Fire Arms Manufacturing Co, Hartford, Connecticut, United States of America, 1853
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Inscriptions
Stamped on barrel: ADDRESS SAML COLT/ NEW-YORK CITY Stamped on cylinder: COLTS/ PATENT/ No. 50671 Stamped on L.H. side of frame: COLTS/ PATENT Stamped on triggerguard L.H.side: 2 Stamped on triggerguard below serial no: X Stamped on R.H. of triggerguard triangle: R Serial No. - Cylinder: 50671; Loading lever: 0671; Trigger guard: 50671; Frame: 5671; Barrel lug: 50671; Butt: 50671
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Overall Dimensions
27.5 cm (Length), 3 cm (Width), 11 cm (Height)
Barrel length 15.10cm (6 in.)
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