RARE COLT MODEL 1849 POCKET PERCUSSION REVOLVER.

RARE COLT MODEL 1849 POCKET PERCUSSION REVOLVER. SN 171163. Cal. 31. Usual configuration with the extremely rare 3″ oct bbl, brass pin front sight and New York City address with brackets. This shortest of bbls on the ’49 Pocket has a commensurately short rammer. Left side of frame has tiny “COLTS PATENT” and the large guard silver plated trigger guard & back strap contain a 1-pc walnut grip with last five digits of SN in back strap channel. It has usual 5-shot cylinder with stagecoach holdup scene. According to Colt’s Pocket ’49, Jordan & Watt, only about 400 ’49 Pocket revolvers were ever produced with the 3″ bbl with rammer. The rammers were entirely too short to be effective in swaging a bullet into a chamber. With this lack of leverage the user frequently pushed the handle against a hard object which frequently damaged the handle making it virtually useless. The handle would hang down and jam the rammer into a chamber causing the gun to seize up and not function. Since repairing a damaged handle would not solve the problem, the rammers were usually simply removed and discarded. Today there are a few known with orig unrepaired rammers. PROVENANCE: Col. Kenneth P. Brown Collection. CONDITION: Good to very good, all matching including rammer, wedge & grip. Overall the steel parts retain a heavy plummy/brown patina with fine pitting on bbl lug. Rammer handle has a small repair on right side. Cylinder has four small dings near front edge and another by a nipple recess with all five nipples mashed to an oval shape, apparently intentionally and overall retains about 50% stagecoach holdup scene. Trigger guard & back strap retain 25-30% silver finish with exposed areas a dark mustard patina. Grip is sound with light nicks & scratches showing moderate edge wear and retains about 85% orig varnish. Mechanics are fine, strong dark bore. 4-39417 JR236 (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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	2297	$1,495.00	RARE COLT MODEL 1849 POCKET PERCUSSION REVOLVER. SN 171163. Cal. 31. Usual configuration with the extremely rare 3″ oct bbl, brass pin front sight and New York City address with brackets. This shortest of bbls on the ’49 Pocket has a commensurately short rammer. Left side of frame has tiny “COLTS PATENT” and the large guard silver plated trigger guard & back strap contain a 1-pc walnut grip with last five digits of SN in back strap channel. It has usual 5-shot cylinder with stagecoach holdup scene. According to Colt’s Pocket ’49, Jordan & Watt, only about 400 ’49 Pocket revolvers were ever produced with the 3″ bbl with rammer. The rammers were entirely too short to be effective in swaging a bullet into a chamber. With this lack of leverage the user frequently pushed the handle against a hard object which frequently damaged the handle making it virtually useless. The handle would hang down and jam the rammer into a chamber causing the gun to seize up and not function. Since repairing a damaged handle would not solve the problem, the rammers were usually simply removed and discarded. Today there are a few known with orig unrepaired rammers. PROVENANCE: Col. Kenneth P. Brown Collection. CONDITION: Good to very good, all matching including rammer, wedge & grip. Overall the steel parts retain a heavy plummy/brown patina with fine pitting on bbl lug. Rammer handle has a small repair on right side. Cylinder has four small dings near front edge and another by a nipple recess with all five nipples mashed to an oval shape, apparently intentionally and overall retains about 50% stagecoach holdup scene. Trigger guard & back strap retain 25-30% silver finish with exposed areas a dark mustard patina. Grip is sound with light nicks & scratches showing moderate edge wear and retains about 85% orig varnish. Mechanics are fine, strong dark bore. 4-39417 JR236 (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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