Fine Modern & Antique Guns - June 2018 : Sale A0618 Lot 656
COLT, USA AN UNUSUAL .32 RIMFIRE POCKET-REVOLVER, MODEL 1849 POCKET, serial no. 157420,

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COLT, USA
AN UNUSUAL .32 RIMFIRE POCKET-REVOLVER, MODEL '1849 POCKET', serial no. 157420,
for 1859 with later conversion by another, octagonal 6in. barrel signed on two lines at top of breech 'ADDRESS SAML COLT NEW YORK CITY', bead fore-sight (damaged), later standing notch rear-sight applied at breech, shortened plain five-shot cylinder with roll engraved 'stagecoach hold-up' scene, open iron frame, the standing breech modified with an additional thicker plate screwed through from the front and slotted at the top to allow a narrowed part of the original hammer nose to strike a rimfire cartridge, brass grip-straps and trigger guard, smooth walnut grip, under-barrel rammer retained

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Estimate £300-500

Sold as an exempt item under Section 58 (2) of the 1968 Firearms Act, to be held as a curiosity or ornament