Colt made some 114,200 of these small, spur-trigger, .22 caliber pocket revolvers from 1871 to 1877. This one is serial number 75852, giving it an 1875 production date. They were definitely meant for easy concealment and close-range personal defense. They would be handy for an early western traveler, and not obvious at a poker table. These revolvers were well-made and popular, but Colt found it eventually found it difficult to compete with poorly made, but cheaper pocket pistols that flooded the market.

The frame is open-topped and silvered. The barrel is nickeled and bears the firm name and address: “Colt’s Pt. F.A. Mfg. Co. / Hartford Ct. U.S.A.” The grips are walnut, fit the frame tightly and preserve about all their varnish with only light handling marks. The frame shows slight wear to the silver along the edges and top flat around the hammer. The “22 cal” stamp is crisp. The cylinder preserves its plating and has just light drag lines. The barrel has good plating on the top, with some gray and brown, lower down on either side of the assembly forward of the cylinder, and some spotting forward on the barrel.  [SR]

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