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EXPERIMENTAL DAGGER REVOLVER

This pistol was made between 1832 and 1835, just before Colt took out patents and before the Paterson factory was in operation. The dagger was never included in any of the regular production guns, but it appears in patent drawings. Shields covering the nipples and chamber mouths were also discarded before production guns were built. The gun was 7.25 inches in length with a 3.875-inch octagonal barrel. Built in .32 caliber, the straight round cylinder carried five shots. Because the design was for a folding trigger, there was no trigger guard. Sights were a mid-barrel blade and a hammer notch. The butt was rounded. This prototype has been held in the Colt factory collection.

COLT’S PROMOTION MODEL REVOLVER

This beautifully engraved firearm, now a part of the Colt Memorial Collection in the Wadsworth Athenaeum in Hartford, Connecticut, was built in 1835. Sam Colt was, after all, as much a promoter as he was an inventor and this gun bridged those sides of his personality. It measured 7.25 inches length overall and had a rounded butt. The .40-cal., 3.25-inch barrel was octagonal and the straight round cylinder held five shots. Sights were a small front blade and rear notch at the intersection of the barrel and frame. It had a folding trigger without a trigger guard.