SCARCE CASED COLT MODEL 1849 POCKET PERCUSSION REVOLVER WITH IRON GRIP FRAME.

SN 152455. Cal. 31. Blue & color case hardened with 4″ oct bbl, brass pin front sight and 2-line New-York City address with brackets. Left side of frame has a tiny “Colts Patent”. Cyl has stagecoach hold-up scene roll marking, five chambers and all five safety pins serviceable. The silver plated steel small guard trigger guard and backstrap contain a 1-pc varnished walnut grip that is unmarked but undoubtedly orig to this revolver. According to COLT’S POCKET ’49 ITS EVOLUTION, Jordan & Watt, there were about 1,450 Pocket ’49s produced with small iron trigger guards such as this one. The chart on p.80 lists the serial range for small iron guards as 151347-152359 which would put this revolver 96 numbers past the highest sample examined. Accompanied by an orig purple velvet lined mahogany Colt casing, compartmented in the bottom for the revolver, a double sided eagle & stars flask, a two cavity blued “Colt’s Patent” bullet mold with sprue cutter and an empty lacquered cap tin. This revolver was produce in about 1859 during the height of the Great Westward Expansion where revolvers were in great demand and generally saw very hard service under extreme conditions with very little maintenance and are rarely found today with any orig finish and in orig configuration. Cased examples are quite rare. These revolvers would have seen service throughout the Civil War, and later again, on the frontier well into the 1870s until they were supplanted by the advent of self-contained cartridges. CONDITION: Very fine, all matching including wedge, rammer, cyl, except grip as noted. Bbl retains 85-88% glossy orig blue with sharp edge wear and some light flaking; rammer pivot retains bright case colors; frame retains about 90% bright case colors, faded over top of recoil shields; cyl is mostly a blue/grey patina with traces of blue and shows about 60% stagecoach hold-up scene roll marking with one small area of cleaned pitting; hammer retains strong case colors, turned silver on top edge; trigger guard retains about 50% thin silver plating and the backstrap about 25%. Grip is sound with sharp edges showing light wear and retains about 96-97% orig varnish. Mechanics are fine; strong bright bore with moderate pitting. Case has a couple of grain checks in the bottom with light shrinkage; lid has a couple of wet glass rings, one of which is red and overall retains most of its orig varnish with light nicks & scratches; interior is lightly faded inside the lid, moderately faded & soiled in the bottom; flask is very fine and retains about 90% orig finish; mold is fine with about 50% orig finish; cap tin is good. 4-47880 JR141 (6,000-10,000) – Lot 3022

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
	3022	$5,310.00	SCARCE CASED COLT MODEL 1849 POCKET PERCUSSION REVOLVER WITH IRON GRIP FRAME. SN 152455. Cal. 31. Blue & color case hardened with 4″ oct bbl, brass pin front sight and 2-line New-York City address with brackets. Left side of frame has a tiny “Colts Patent”. Cyl has stagecoach hold-up scene roll marking, five chambers and all five safety pins serviceable. The silver plated steel small guard trigger guard and backstrap contain a 1-pc varnished walnut grip that is unmarked but undoubtedly orig to this revolver. According to COLT’S POCKET ’49 ITS EVOLUTION, Jordan & Watt, there were about 1,450 Pocket ’49s produced with small iron trigger guards such as this one. The chart on p.80 lists the serial range for small iron guards as 151347-152359 which would put this revolver 96 numbers past the highest sample examined. Accompanied by an orig purple velvet lined mahogany Colt casing, compartmented in the bottom for the revolver, a double sided eagle & stars flask, a two cavity blued “Colt’s Patent” bullet mold with sprue cutter and an empty lacquered cap tin. This revolver was produce in about 1859 during the height of the Great Westward Expansion where revolvers were in great demand and generally saw very hard service under extreme conditions with very little maintenance and are rarely found today with any orig finish and in orig configuration. Cased examples are quite rare. These revolvers would have seen service throughout the Civil War, and later again, on the frontier well into the 1870s until they were supplanted by the advent of self-contained cartridges. CONDITION: Very fine, all matching including wedge, rammer, cyl, except grip as noted. Bbl retains 85-88% glossy orig blue with sharp edge wear and some light flaking; rammer pivot retains bright case colors; frame retains about 90% bright case colors, faded over top of recoil shields; cyl is mostly a blue/grey patina with traces of blue and shows about 60% stagecoach hold-up scene roll marking with one small area of cleaned pitting; hammer retains strong case colors, turned silver on top edge; trigger guard retains about 50% thin silver plating and the backstrap about 25%. Grip is sound with sharp edges showing light wear and retains about 96-97% orig varnish. Mechanics are fine; strong bright bore with moderate pitting. Case has a couple of grain checks in the bottom with light shrinkage; lid has a couple of wet glass rings, one of which is red and overall retains most of its orig varnish with light nicks & scratches; interior is lightly faded inside the lid, moderately faded & soiled in the bottom; flask is very fine and retains about 90% orig finish; mold is fine with about 50% orig finish; cap tin is good. 4-47880 JR141 (6,000-10,000) – Lot 3022 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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SCARCE CASED COLT MODEL 1849 POCKET PERCUSSION REVOLVER WITH IRON GRIP FRAME.