History of the Handguns of Colt: ep04: The Colt 49 pocket model
The family ofColt Pocket Percussion Revolversevolved from the earlier commercial revolvers marketed by thePatent Arms Manufacturing Companyof Paterson, N. J. The smaller versions of Colt s first revolvers are also called Baby Patersons by collectors and were produced first in. 28 to. 31 caliber, and later in. 36 caliber, by means of rebating the frame and adding a step to the cylinder to increase diameter. The. 31 caliber carried over intoSamuel Colt ssecond venture in the arms tradein the form of the BabyDragoon a small revolver developed in 184748. The Baby Dragoon was in parallel development with Colt s other revolvers and, by 1850, it had evolved into the Colt s Revolving Pocket Pistol that collectors now name The Pocket Model of 1849. It is a smaller brother of the more famous Colt s Revolving Belt Pistol of Naval Caliber introduced the same year and commonly designated by collectors as the qu br, br,
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