ENGRAVED, SILVER PLATED Antique COLT NEW LINE .32 RF Revolver PEARL GRIP 1874 Mfr. “GILDED AGE” Sidearm

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ENGRAVED, SILVER PLATED Antique COLT NEW LINE .32 RF Revolver PEARL GRIP  

1874 Mfr. “GILDED AGE” Sidearm

Here we present an antique Engraved Colt New Line .32 Rimfire Revolver, with Pearl Grip made in 1874 in Hartford, Connecticut. A single action revolver, this small pocket revolver was one of a number of inexpensive handguns produced by Colt from 1873 to 1884. The “New Line” was Colt’s first production model handgun chambered for .32 caliber.

This revolver utilized a .32 cartridge matched to a 5-shot fluted cylinder fitted to a 2-1/4” long round barrel. About 22,000 were produced in this caliber. This revolver was designed to be a small but potent self-defense revolver for stowing in one’s pocket in the 19th Century, because not everyone carried a Single Action Army. Spur Trigger 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. 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.

The overall condition is fine. Original engraving and silver plate finish with nitre blue hammer. The action is excellent. The bore is patinated with good rifling. The solid mother of pearl grips have excellent color and shimmer. The numbers match. This is such a neat piece from America’s Gilded Age, combining art and fine materials with daily use items.

Own the original! This is a legitimate antique and not a reproduction.

Barrel is 2-1/4 inches.

Caliber: .32 Rimfire

Overall condition as seen in photos.

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$2000

#256039
 

Antique: Yes

Price: $2,000.00
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