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#61 FACTORY LETTERED Antique COLT NEW LINE .41 POCKET Revolver THE BIG COLT NEW YORK Shipped to SCHUYLER, HARTLEY & GRAHAM
Guns International #: 102701428 Seller's Inventory #: 240037
Category: Colt Revolvers - New Line - Antique Revolvers - Cartridge
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Description:
#61 FACTORY LETTERED Antique COLT NEW LINE .41 POCKET Revolver THE BIG COLT
NEW YORK Shipped to SCHUYLER, HARTLEY & GRAHAM
Here we present an antique Factory Lettered Colt “New Line” .41 Rimfire Revolver made in 1874 in Hartford, Connecticut. The included factory letter confirms the caliber, barrel length, and shipment to Schuyler, Hartley & Graham in New York on March 21, 1874. Schuyler, Hartley & Graham was the largest firearms dealer in the United States in 1860. Jacob Rutsen Schuyler (1816-1887), Marcellus Hartley (1828-1902) and Malcolm Graham (1832-1899) incorporated their company on March 1, 1854. In 1876 Schuyler retired from the company and by 1880 they changed the name to Hartley and Graham.
This handy little 5-shot Colt, referred to as the “Big Colt” when it came out, carried quite the punch for a pocket self-defense revolver. The large caliber of this variation makes it the most desirable of the “New Lines” with approximately 10,702 manufactured from 1874-1879 due to the short production run. This revolver was designed to be a small but potent self-defense revolver for stowing in one’s pocket in the 19th Century. Spur Trigger “Suicide Special” manufacture was fierce during this time, and Colt struggled to compete against the countless small shops making very similar, less expensive revolvers, though not necessarily of the same quality. The Colt remained a steady, reliable force in firearms for much longer than the rest.
The New Line series of revolvers, including all calibers, was a single action pocket revolver introduced by the Colt’s Patent Fire Arms Manufacturing Company in 1873 and continued through 1884. Two years after the Colt House Revolver, a year after the Colt Open Top, and almost simultaneously alongside the Colt Peacemaker, the Colt New Line was one of the first metallic cartridge, rear-loading revolvers manufactured by Colt. With such a limited number of examples and the larger caliber, this is a very desirable firearm for a Colt collector.
The overall condition is good. Original finish. Bright, rifled bore. The cylinder hand is a replacement and does not index properly. Solid grips. Legible markings.
Own the original! This is a legitimate antique and not a reproduction.
Barrel is 2-1/4 inches.
Caliber: .41 Rimfire
Overall condition as seen in photos.
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$1400
#240037
SOLD
Antique: Yes