FINE CASED COLT MODEL 1849 POCKET PERCUSSION REVOLVER.

SN 188731. Cal. 31. Blue & color case hardened with 4″ oct bbl, brass pin front sight and 1-line New-York U.S. America address. Left side of frame has a small “Colts Patent”. Cyl is usual five chambers with stagecoach hold-up scene roll marking. Four of the five safety pins are serviceable, the fifth is missing. The silver plated brass trigger guard & backstrap contain a 1-pc walnut grip with last four digits of matching SN in backstrap channel. Accompanied by an orig burgundy velvet lined mahogany casing, compartmented in the bottom for the revolver, an early double sided Colts Patent eagle flask, a two cavity brass Colts Patent bullet mold without sprue cutter, a small lacquered tin of Eley’s caps and cast bullets & balls. This revolver was produced in about 1861 when any sidearm was in great demand for the Civil War. By that time demand was so great that very few were being cased and today cased revolvers from that era are quite scarce. CONDITION: Very fine to extremely fine, all matching including wedge, rammer, cyl & grip. Bbl retains about 80% glossy orig blue with flaking and light sharp edge wear; rammer pivot retains brilliant case colors, faded on the handle; frame retains about 90% brilliant case colors, faded on recoil shields; cyl retains about 75% strong blue and shows about 95% stagecoach hold-up scene roll marking; trigger guard & backstrap retain about 95% strong orig silver with wear on the heel & toe. Grip is sound showing light edge wear and retains most of its orig varnish. Mechanics are fine; bright shiny bore with scattered light pitting. Case has three grain checks in the bottom, otherwise is sound with a few light nicks & scratches and retains most of it orig varnish; lining is spotted in the top and moderately faded; bottom lining is moderately to heavily faded & soiled, partitions are solid; flask is fine with traces of orig finish; mold is nicked & dinged with sharp cavities; cap tin is fine. 4-53520 JR135 (5,000-8,000) – Lot 3025

Auction: Firearms - Fall 2014

Please Note: All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

Image	Lot	Price	Description
	3025	$5,750.00	FINE CASED COLT MODEL 1849 POCKET PERCUSSION REVOLVER. SN 188731. Cal. 31. Blue & color case hardened with 4″ oct bbl, brass pin front sight and 1-line New-York U.S. America address. Left side of frame has a small “Colts Patent”. Cyl is usual five chambers with stagecoach hold-up scene roll marking. Four of the five safety pins are serviceable, the fifth is missing. The silver plated brass trigger guard & backstrap contain a 1-pc walnut grip with last four digits of matching SN in backstrap channel. Accompanied by an orig burgundy velvet lined mahogany casing, compartmented in the bottom for the revolver, an early double sided Colts Patent eagle flask, a two cavity brass Colts Patent bullet mold without sprue cutter, a small lacquered tin of Eley’s caps and cast bullets & balls. This revolver was produced in about 1861 when any sidearm was in great demand for the Civil War. By that time demand was so great that very few were being cased and today cased revolvers from that era are quite scarce. CONDITION: Very fine to extremely fine, all matching including wedge, rammer, cyl & grip. Bbl retains about 80% glossy orig blue with flaking and light sharp edge wear; rammer pivot retains brilliant case colors, faded on the handle; frame retains about 90% brilliant case colors, faded on recoil shields; cyl retains about 75% strong blue and shows about 95% stagecoach hold-up scene roll marking; trigger guard & backstrap retain about 95% strong orig silver with wear on the heel & toe. Grip is sound showing light edge wear and retains most of its orig varnish. Mechanics are fine; bright shiny bore with scattered light pitting. Case has three grain checks in the bottom, otherwise is sound with a few light nicks & scratches and retains most of it orig varnish; lining is spotted in the top and moderately faded; bottom lining is moderately to heavily faded & soiled, partitions are solid; flask is fine with traces of orig finish; mold is nicked & dinged with sharp cavities; cap tin is fine. 4-53520 JR135 (5,000-8,000) – Lot 3025 Auction: Firearms - Fall 2014 Please Note: All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

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FINE CASED COLT MODEL 1849 POCKET PERCUSSION REVOLVER.