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LOT 192
Incredibly Rare and Desirable Early Production
Two-Digit Serial Number 23 Squareback Colt “Texas
Paterson” No. 5 Holster Model Percussion Revolver
with Matching Extra Cylinder - Serial no. 23, 36 cal., 7
1/2 inch octagon bbl., blue finish, walnut grips. The No.
5 Holster or Texas Model revolvers are among the most
highly sought-after of all antique American firearms, and
are the most desirable of the Colt Paterson revolvers. 180
of these revolvers were ordered by the Republic of Texas,
and they were famously used by the Texas Rangers in
running battles with the Comanche on the southwestern
frontier prior to the Mexican-American War. It was demand
for improved “holster pistols” that enabled Samuel Colt
to relaunch his firearms business in 1847, and thus these
revolvers are the predecessors of the large Model 1847
Walker and Colt Dragoon revolvers as well as the more
comparable Model 1851 Navy revolvers.
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