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THE ANSON CHASE EXPERIMENTAL

This gun is probably one of the very first of the Colt prototypes. It already has the general configuration that Colt ultimately built into his 1836 Patent. Of course, it has a trigger guard and regular trigger, showing that Colt thought of these features at a very early date. This gun was probably built from 1831 to 1832. The gun’s features include: .50 caliber, a five shot straight round cylinder, a 10.25 inch octagonal barrel, round trigger guard, blade and hammer notch sights and a rounded butt. The overall length of the gun is 14.25 inches. This prototype has been held in the Colt factory collection.

CUTLASS OR KNIFE PISTOL

One of the last of the Paterson experimental pistols, Colt designed a double action Knife Pistol as a combination Bowie knife and repeating pistol. Because of pre-Civil War black powder’s unreliability, this pistol could have proved handy in close-quarters combat. The exposed trigger served to cock, revolve the cylinder and fire the gun. The extended, sweeping “knuckle bow” trigger housing protected the hand from sword cuts and served as a loading lever when lowered. These specifications were: six shot, .38 cal. with a six-inch barrel.