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1. #Colt 2nd generation black powder serial numbers 272 serial number#
2. #Colt 2nd generation black powder serial numbers 272 full#

They are usually found with iron grip-straps with an L (denoting London) beneath the serial numbers and British proof-marks on the barrel and cylinder. Some Colt Model 1865 Pocket Navies were shipped to the Pall Mall Agency in London. Please see the small frame conversion section. Many of the late production Model 1865 Pocket Navy revolvers were converted from percussion to cartridge use. AMERICA’ with COLTS/PATENT stamped on the left side of the frame. The grips were of one-piece walnut with silver-plated brass back-strap and trigger-guard. The frame, hammer, and lever were case-hardened and the remainder of the revolver was blued. The Pocket Navy was manufactured with barrel lengths of 4½, 5½ and 6 ½ inches. It had an octagonal barrel with hinged loading lever which was a similar style to the 1851 Navy revolver. The Pocket Navy, like the 1862 Police was chambered in 36 caliber but with a five shot rebated round cylinder roll engraved with the stagecoach holdup scene.

#Colt 2nd generation black powder serial numbers 272 serial number#

The Pocket Navy is now deemed to have been manufactured from 1865 through to circa 1872 in its own serial range from serial number one.

#Colt 2nd generation black powder serial numbers 272 full#

This model was the last full production percussion revolver to be made by Colt before the advent of the cartridge era by the factory. It is now more correctly termed as the heading or as the “Pocket Model of Navy Caliber” or merely “Pocket Navy.” The re-classified Colt Pocket Model 1865 of Navy Caliber percussion revolver or Pocket Navy was previously known to collectors as the “Model of 1853” or the “Model 1862 Pocket Navy”.