UNUSUAL COLT MODEL 1849 POCKET PERCUSSION REVOLVER.

UNUSUAL COLT MODEL 1849 POCKET PERCUSSION REVOLVER. SN 179424. Cal. 31. Blue and silver finish with 5″ oct bbl, pinched brass pin front sight and 2-line Hartford address with dashes. Frame is without “COLTS PATENT” and is silver finished with large guard silver plated trigger guard and backstrap containing a 1-pc walnut grip with last 4 digits of SN in backstrap channel. Trigger is from a small guard ’49. Bbl and cylinder are glossy Colt blue with cylinder being the usual 5-shots with roll marked stagecoach holdup scene. Rammer and handle, unusually, are also silver plated as is the hammer. Cylinder has all 5 crisp safetypins and appears to have been polished after being roll marked, before bluing. This unusual revolver surely must be either a special order item or a lunchbox special. PROVENANCE: Col. Kenneth P. Brown Collection. CONDITION: Very fine to extremely fine, all matching including wedge, cylinder and grip. Bbl retains 80-90% strong glossy orig blue with the loss areas flaked, not worn, to a medium patina. Frame, rammer & handle, hammer, trigger guard and backstrap retain about all their orig silver plating. Screws retain most orig blue and cylinder about 50% glossy orig blue with balance flaked to medium patina and retains about 60% stagecoach holdup scene. Grip is sound with minor nicks and scratches and a couple of bruises on right side and retains about all of its strong orig varnish. Mechanics are crisp, brilliant shiny bore, may be unfired. 4-39419 JR212 (3,000-5,000)

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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	2292	$0.00	UNUSUAL COLT MODEL 1849 POCKET PERCUSSION REVOLVER. SN 179424. Cal. 31. Blue and silver finish with 5″ oct bbl, pinched brass pin front sight and 2-line Hartford address with dashes. Frame is without “COLTS PATENT” and is silver finished with large guard silver plated trigger guard and backstrap containing a 1-pc walnut grip with last 4 digits of SN in backstrap channel. Trigger is from a small guard ’49. Bbl and cylinder are glossy Colt blue with cylinder being the usual 5-shots with roll marked stagecoach holdup scene. Rammer and handle, unusually, are also silver plated as is the hammer. Cylinder has all 5 crisp safetypins and appears to have been polished after being roll marked, before bluing. This unusual revolver surely must be either a special order item or a lunchbox special. PROVENANCE: Col. Kenneth P. Brown Collection. CONDITION: Very fine to extremely fine, all matching including wedge, cylinder and grip. Bbl retains 80-90% strong glossy orig blue with the loss areas flaked, not worn, to a medium patina. Frame, rammer & handle, hammer, trigger guard and backstrap retain about all their orig silver plating. Screws retain most orig blue and cylinder about 50% glossy orig blue with balance flaked to medium patina and retains about 60% stagecoach holdup scene. Grip is sound with minor nicks and scratches and a couple of bruises on right side and retains about all of its strong orig varnish. Mechanics are crisp, brilliant shiny bore, may be unfired. 4-39419 JR212 (3,000-5,000) 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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