Guns of the Old West – August 2019

FALL 2019

No.2 PocketModelpartsaswellaslateround-

shouldercylindersandloadinglevers.

Technically,onlytheNo.5 Holster

Model,inbothvariations—thefirstwithout

a loadingleverandthesecondwitha load-

inglever—hasbeenreproduced.I say“tech-

nically”becausebetween 2001 and2008,

AmericaRemembersandI teamedupwith

mastergunsmithRobertL.Millingtonto

producea limitededitionoftheEhlersBelt

ModelNo.2 PatersonandImprovedBelt

ModelNo.2 byreverse-engineeringUberti’s

No.5 reproductionstocreatea .36-caliber

PocketModelwitha 3½-inchbarrel.Each

gunwashandcraftedandonly 100 were

madewithcharcoal-blued,antique-bluedor

aged-grayfinishes.Eachcamewitha walnut

pr esentationbox,a smallPatersonpowder

flask,a single-cavitybulletmoldanda com-

binationtool.Thismarkedthefirstofthree

significantbreakswithtraditionalPaterson

HUNTING FOR PATERSONS

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1. This early Paterson No. 5 Holster Model
   features the style of scrollwork and silver
   inlays that were used on the America
   Remembers No. 2 and No. 5 reproductions.
   The accessories are equally hard to find
   today. 2. An original lap-desk gun was the
   basis for this reproduction handcrafted by
   Jim Lockwood and Kevin Jourdan. It’s the
   first antique-finished No. 2 Ehlers model
   offered by America Remembers in the first
   series from 2001 to 2004. 3. The original
   Ehlers No. 2 model shows the alterations that
   were made to Colt’s original design. Note the
   round-shoulder cylinder and loading lever.


2. The last of the blued first-series AmericaRemembers No.2 Belt Model revolvers wasusedasthe prototype for the second-series
   engraved, ivory-handle models introducedin2004. Doug Turnbull did all of the bluing whileDan Chesiak created the grips. 2. The
   second-series No. 2 Improved Belt Modelgunscame with 5-inch barrels and accessories.Alongwith a Colt blued finish, the screws were
   nitre-blued and the ivory grips were hand carved. 3. One of the second-series guns was done with a slightly aged finish for grip-maker
   Dan Chesiak, who made a copy of the original carved grips with silver spots from Samuel Colt’s personal No. 5 Holster Model.

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