Colt Pocket 1849.

A year 1848 Samuel Colt presented the successor of Colt Walker, So the Dragoon model.

Of course, both models were very successful and were successfully used by the US Army, But they were not the biggest success on the market. Why? Probably because, that the rich civilian market valued more handy weapons, prepared for a short distance, quick and comfortable killing, as well as secret transfer - e.g.. in a small vest pocket.

In response to the needs of consumers, Colt decided to reduce the successful Dragoon construction and adapt it to smaller caliber missiles, This is how the 'pocket money' Colt Model was created 1848 Baby Dragon, and then 1849 Pocket in caliber .31 cala.

It turned out, that the demand for this revolver exceeded Colt's expectations - the weapon turned out to be perfect in self -defense, and as additional, Easy to carry support weapons.

In the era, he ensured the safety of gold seekers, passengers, Saloon guests, hazardzistom, and also to all people, who did not feel the special need to have weapons, but those who want to keep a kind of "ace in a sleeve" in the event of a threat.

Pocket was not a particularly accurate revolver, But the distance at which he fired most often did not exceed a few meters and at such a distance he fulfilled his task, He certainly gave way under the then full -size caliber revolvers .36, especially .44, However, the missile sent from his barrel had a lot of energy to inflict a severe wound, and even death.

Pocket Colt was not suitable for longer fire exchange ? Most often they were equipped with a 5-chamber drum, of which sometimes one chamber was left empty to safely leave the tap. After all, they were a more favorable solution than uniform pistols, because they had an obvious advantage of multi -shot weapons, over a single -shot weapon.