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Featured in The Paterson Colt Book by Wilson
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Rare Documented German Silver
Banded Patent Arms Manufacturing
Co. “Baby Paterson” No. 1 Pocket
Model Percussion Revolver with Extra
Cylinder - Serial no. 164, 28 cal., 3 1/8 inch
octagon bbl., blue finish, walnut grips.
The “Baby Paterson” is one of the most
significant of all American firearms as it
was the very first of Samuel Colt’s revolving
firearms to enter production. While only
around 500 were manufactured c. 1837-
1838, the rare and historic No. 1 Pocket
Model set the stage for Colt’s subsequent
models, and it can be seen as essentially
the “father” of the Baby Dragoon and as
the “grandfather” of the Model 1849 Pocket
which was the most widely owned Colt
revolver of the 19th century. While the
larger “Texas Paterson,” Colt Walker, and
subsequent larger revolvers are famous
for their use on the battlefield, they were
too cumbersome for daily carry by a
gentleman walking along the streets of
America’s growing cities which remained
largely un-policed.
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