EXTREMELY RARE COLT MODEL 1849 POCKET PERCUSSION REVOLVER WITH 3″ BARREL.

EXTREMELY RARE COLT MODEL 1849 POCKET PERCUSSION REVOLVER WITH 3″ BARREL. SN 170335. Cal. 31. Usual configuration with 3″ oct. bbl, brass pin front sight and 2-line New York City address with brackets. Left side of the frame has small “COLTS PATENT” and the large guard silver plated brass trigger guard and backstrap contain a one-piece ivory grip. It has usual 5 shot cylinder with stage-coach holdup scene. According to COLT’S POCKET ’49, Jordan & Watt, there were only about 400 of these rare revolvers ever produced with few surviving today. While the short bbl would have been a convenience as a pocket or muff pistol, accuracy would have been problematic and the leverage to swedge a ball into a chamber with the extremely short rammer handle would have been negligible. This short lever, being so impractical, apparently was never accepted by the buying public. PROVENANCE: Robert A. Bettis Collection; Jeff Millet Collection. CONDITION: Very good to fine, all matching except the grip which is unnumbered. Overall retains a smooth silver gray patina with a few dings around the wedge slot and extremely fine pitting on the left side of the bbl lug. Cylinder is matching patina and retains 30-40% stagecoach holdup scene. Trigger guard retains 50-60% thin original silver plating with the balance of the grip frame a medium mustard patina. Mechanics are fine, worn dark bore. 4-39316 JR166 (5,000-8,000)

Auction: Firearms - Spring 2010

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
	2253	$5,750.00	EXTREMELY RARE COLT MODEL 1849 POCKET PERCUSSION REVOLVER WITH 3″ BARREL. SN 170335. Cal. 31. Usual configuration with 3″ oct. bbl, brass pin front sight and 2-line New York City address with brackets. Left side of the frame has small “COLTS PATENT” and the large guard silver plated brass trigger guard and backstrap contain a one-piece ivory grip. It has usual 5 shot cylinder with stage-coach holdup scene. According to COLT’S POCKET ’49, Jordan & Watt, there were only about 400 of these rare revolvers ever produced with few surviving today. While the short bbl would have been a convenience as a pocket or muff pistol, accuracy would have been problematic and the leverage to swedge a ball into a chamber with the extremely short rammer handle would have been negligible. This short lever, being so impractical, apparently was never accepted by the buying public. PROVENANCE: Robert A. Bettis Collection; Jeff Millet Collection. CONDITION: Very good to fine, all matching except the grip which is unnumbered. Overall retains a smooth silver gray patina with a few dings around the wedge slot and extremely fine pitting on the left side of the bbl lug. Cylinder is matching patina and retains 30-40% stagecoach holdup scene. Trigger guard retains 50-60% thin original silver plating with the balance of the grip frame a medium mustard patina. Mechanics are fine, worn dark bore. 4-39316 JR166 (5,000-8,000) Auction: Firearms - Spring 2010 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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