Very Nice Colt Model 1849 Pocket Revolver with Six Inch Barrel
Guns International #: 100536710 Seller's Inventory #: 28366
Category: Colt Revolvers - Antique - Colt Revolvers - Antique Percussion
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Seller: Joe Salter com
Company: Down East Antiques - Joe Salter
Member Since: 9/10/10
First Name: Garrick-March-Jim-Joe
Last Name: Salter
State: New Hampshire
Zip: 03031
Country: United States
Phone: (603) 732-4000
Fax: (603) 732-4200
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Return Policy: 3 day inspection and return policy on used guns.
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About Us: Joe Salter has been in the Antique and Collector Weapons business for 60 years as both a collector and dealer. Our company is based in Southern New Hampshire and we have had an internet based store front for the past 20 years. We are federally licensed and deal in all types of firearms and related material. We offer free Shipping for orders over $500.
Description:
Serial #75893, .31 caliber, 6” octagon barrel with a good bore that has some dark freckling and pitting within the grooves. This revolver was made in 1853 and has matching numbers on the frame, barrel, cylinder, arbor, wedge, small brass triggerguard, and backstrap. The metal has an overall smoothly mottled pewter gray patina with some faint hints of the original finish still remaining on a few of the protected areas. The unnumbered loading lever has some muted original color case-hardening present at the hinge, while the cylinder retains nearly all of the crisp stagecoach scene with some mild pinprick pitting around the nipples and some very light freckling along the front face. The arbor is slightly bent at the slot, but the wedge will still come out and the cylinder still turns without difficulty. The brass has a few traces of the original silver remaining near the front of the trigger guard bow, but mostly has a pale yellow-ochre patina with some wear along the edges and the one-piece walnut grip has about 60-70% of the original varnish remaining and the balance flaked to the underlying wood. Some light marks and surface blemishes are present on either side, but these are minor. The lock-up is tight and the mechanism is fully functional. This is a handsome little revolver that rates very good plus-fine condition overall, and a nice example of a '49 Pocket. Antique
SOLD
Antique: Yes
Manufacturer: Colt
Model: 1849
Serial Number: 75839
Caliber Info: .31 cal
Gauge Info: .31 cal