COLT POCKET NAVY PERCUSSION REVOLVER.

COLT POCKET NAVY PERCUSSION REVOLVER. SN 6439. Cal. 36. Blue and color cased hardened with 4-1/2″ oct. bbl, brass pin front sight and NEW-YORK U.S. AMERICA address. Left side of the frame has Colts Patent and left shoulder of the trigger guard has the caliber marking. It has the usual 5 shot rebated cylinder with stage-coach holdup scene and brass trigger guard and backstrap with 1-pc walnut grip that has the serial number in the backstrap channel. According to FLAYDERMAN’S GUIDE TO ANTIQUE AMERICAN FIREARMS only about 19,000 of these revolvers were produced in the period 1861 through about 1873. These revolvers were very popular during the Civil War and later in the Great Westward Expansion, on the frontier. Given their hard service they are rarely found with strong original finish. PROVENANCE: Col. Kenneth P. Brown Collection. CONDITION: Very good, all matching including wedge and grip except rammer which is properly unnumbered. Bbl retains 65-70% thin original blue mixed with flaked medium patina. Frame retains traces of case colors in sheltered areas being mostly a blue brown patina. Hammer is a dark brown patina with fine pitting on both sides. Lock bolt screw is a replacement. Cylinder retains thin blue in the rebated area with the major diameter a thin brown patina and overall retains 65-70% stagecoach holdup scene. Trigger guard retains traces of silver plating and the backstrap about 75% thin silver with the exposed areas a medium mustard patina. One backstrap ear screw is missing. Mechanics are fine, strong bore with good rifling and moderate pitting. 4-39449 JR183 (1,250-1,750)

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
	2316	$2,012.50	COLT POCKET NAVY PERCUSSION REVOLVER. SN 6439. Cal. 36. Blue and color cased hardened with 4-1/2″ oct. bbl, brass pin front sight and NEW-YORK U.S. AMERICA address. Left side of the frame has Colts Patent and left shoulder of the trigger guard has the caliber marking. It has the usual 5 shot rebated cylinder with stage-coach holdup scene and brass trigger guard and backstrap with 1-pc walnut grip that has the serial number in the backstrap channel. According to FLAYDERMAN’S GUIDE TO ANTIQUE AMERICAN FIREARMS only about 19,000 of these revolvers were produced in the period 1861 through about 1873. These revolvers were very popular during the Civil War and later in the Great Westward Expansion, on the frontier. Given their hard service they are rarely found with strong original finish. PROVENANCE: Col. Kenneth P. Brown Collection. CONDITION: Very good, all matching including wedge and grip except rammer which is properly unnumbered. Bbl retains 65-70% thin original blue mixed with flaked medium patina. Frame retains traces of case colors in sheltered areas being mostly a blue brown patina. Hammer is a dark brown patina with fine pitting on both sides. Lock bolt screw is a replacement. Cylinder retains thin blue in the rebated area with the major diameter a thin brown patina and overall retains 65-70% stagecoach holdup scene. Trigger guard retains traces of silver plating and the backstrap about 75% thin silver with the exposed areas a medium mustard patina. One backstrap ear screw is missing. Mechanics are fine, strong bore with good rifling and moderate pitting. 4-39449 JR183 (1,250-1,750) 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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