Colt Model 1849 Pocket Revolver

Colt Model 1849 Pocket Revolver
Shown here with 5 inch barrel

Le Colt 1849 Pocket, créé en 1849 par la Colt's Patent Firearms Manufacturing Company, est un revolver de poche, muni d'un barillet de 5 ou 6 coups, avec refouloir et pontet rond. Il remplaça le Colt Baby Dragoon. Il est surtout utilisé par des particuliers, mais aussi par la police, des messagers et des compagnies de diligence. Un grand nombre de ces Colt Pocket Model 1849 connurent la Guerre de Sécession comme arme personnelle. Entre 1849 et 1873, Colt fabrique 321 000 Pocket Revolvers à Hartford (Connecticut) en U.S.A. (Numéros de série de ~12 000 à 332 993) et, entre 1853 et 1856 10 000 dans son usine à Londres. La gravure présente sur le barillet de ce modèle représente la défense d'une diligence attaquée. Les collectionneurs distinguent le Model 1849 à 5 coups (après 1861 aussi 6 coups) et le modèle sans refouloir dit Wells Fargo, l'English Model (canon de 101/127/152 mm) marqué ADDRESS SAML COLT LONDON ou ADDRESS COL. COLT. LONDON, avec refouloir, produit pendant trois dans son usine à Londres.
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The Colt 1849 Pocket, created in 1849 by the Colt's Patent Firearms Manufacturing Company, is a pocket revolver, equipped with a cylinder for 5 or 6 shots, with a pivoting loading lever and round trigger guard. This model replaced the Colt Baby Dragoon. It was mainly used by civilians, but also by the police and transport companies. Many of these Colt Pocket Model 1849s were used during the Civil War as a personal weapon. Between 1849 and 1873, Colt manufactured 321,000 Pocket Revolvers in Hartford, Connecticut, U.S.A. (serial numbers from ~ 12,000 to 332,993) and between 1853 and 1856 10,000 at its factory in London. The engraving on the barrel of this model represents the defence of an attacked diligence. Collectors distinguish the Model 1849 with 5 shots (after 1861 also 6 shots) and the model without loading lever (the so called Wells Fargo model). The English Model was marked ADDRESS SAML COLT LONDON or ADDRESS COL. COLT. LONDON, produced during three years in his factory in London.
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United States single action 5 shot (sometimes 6 shot) percussion revolver		Manufactured : 1850 - 1873
Caliber: .31 = 7.9 mm		Units made: 340,000 London production: 11,000
Weight (with 5 inch barrel): = 1.63 lbs (0,74 kg)	Length (with 5 inch barrel): 9.8 inch (25 cm)	Barrel lenghts: 3 (rare) / 4 / 5 / 6 inch

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Colt Model 1849 Pocket Revolver
Shown here with 5 inch barrel