This is a brass centerfire cartridge for altered Colt pocket revolvers. Perfect condition with mellow patina on brass.

Thuer received patent # 82,258 for his system of converting percussion revolver cylinders to take a front-loading metallic cartridge on September 15, 1868. The purpose for using a front-loading design was to circumvent the 1855 Rollin White bored through cylinder patent that allowed Smith & Wesson exclusive rights to the rear-loading cylinder revolver.

The peculiar nature of the front-loading cartridges, coupled with the complicated cylinder arrangement for loading the cartridges and ejecting the fired cases proved to be unpopular; as a result, production of the Thuer conversions was limited.

The most common of the Thuer conversion revolvers were the .44 Army models; the least common were the .31 Pocket models. These cartridges were produced only until 1870.   [jet] [ph:m]

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