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VARIATIONS OF COLT’S: NEW MODEL POLICE & POCKET BREECH LOADING PISTOLS

by: John D. Breslin, William Q. Pirie & David E. Price

Permits the reader to finally understand these interesting & diverse early cartridge pistols. Seven basic variations are documented & described with production programs & quantities given for each. 160 photos & drawings; 8.5×11 inches, 159 pgs.

1-931464-04-9
978-1-931464-04-8
Hardcover
11-14-2002
Handguns

$37.95

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About This Book
Overview

Heavily illustrated with over 160 photographs and superb technical drawings by Rainer Dethloff. Documented by a decade’s worth of research and Colt factory records, including production quantities and extensive serial number data!

Be prepared for some surprises…this field of collecting will be changed forever! This landmark book on Colt’s New Model Pocket and Police Revolverspermits the reader to finally understand these interesting and diverse early cartridge pistols. Until now, most authors and collectors have labeled these guns “Small Frame Conversions” and declared them confusing. As it happens, there are seven basic variations which are documented and described with production programs and quantities given for each. As the authors of this book point out, most of these guns were actually made as cartridge pistols and were not converted from percussion, although the conversions form a key part of this book and are described in detail.

The three authors are all long-time Colt collectors and, independently, each has been collecting data for over ten years. Their research permitted them to understand and interpret previously unexamined Colt factory records and to locate key documents in the Connecticut State Library.

Details

ISBN: 1-931464-04-9
Publisher: Andrew Mowbray Publishers
Publish Date: 11-14-2002

“VARIATIONS OF COLT’S: NEW MODEL POLICE & POCKET BREECH LOADING PISTOLS”

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