Exceptional and Rare Cased Colt Model 1855 Pocket Model Sidehammer Revolver, Variation with Screw in Cylinder...

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Exceptional and Rare Cased Colt Model 1855 Pocket Model Sidehammer Revolver, Variation with Screw in Cylinder
Serial number 13576. .31 caliber, 5-shot cylinder with stagecoach holdup roll scene. 3 1/2-inch round barrel with brass pin front sight. Top of barrel stamped
Address Col. Colt
New-York U.S.A.
Blued, with case-hardened hammer, and loading lever. The grips of varnished walnut.
Accessories of a varnished mahogany case, lined in maroon velvet. Embossed eagle clutching revolver powder flask, blued steel double cavity bullet mold, tin of Eley Bros. percussion caps with green paper label, packet of Colt's Cartridge Works combustible envelope cartridges, blued L-shaped screwdriver, and miscellaneous round and conical lead projectiles.
The rarity of the screw-in-cylinder variation (Models 7 and 7A) of the New Pocket Revolver series is confirmed by factory ledgers, and the scarcity of examples. According to R.L. Wilson, The Book of Colt Firearms (page 155):
. . . because of its distictive shape, the cylinder pins on the 7 and 7A pistols will not interchange with those on other Sidehammer models. . . . Approximately 2,925 Model 7 and 7A pistols were made (serial range c. #11075-c.#14000). . . .
The exceptional condition of no. 13576 adds to the cased set's desirability.
Literature:
American Arms Collectors Percussion Colts and Their Rivals The Al Cali Collection, pp. 60-61.
Pictured, page 127 of Frank Sellers, The William M. Locke Collection.
Provenance:
William M. Locke
Al Cali

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