Guns & Ammo – October 2019

18 G&A october 2019 |Gun room

COLT NEW POCKET

OR POCKET POSITIVE?

Q: I recently inherited a

pistol from my father-in-

law who was 94 when he

passed away. The pistol

belonged to his father and

I don’t know much about

it. It is a Colt new Pocket

model revolver in .32

caliber. on the barrel are

the words “Colt D.A. 32.”

It has a 31/2-inch barrel with

serial number 354XX. The

revolver is in very good

condition and everything

works. I don’t know much

more about it. Can you

tell me the history of this

firearm and a value?

V.D.

Email

A: The Colt New Pocket .32

was manufactured from 1893

to 1905, and as some 30,000

were made. Your serial

number exceeds the known

range. The serial numbers

of the Colt Pocket Positive

(First Issue), which was

offered from 1905 to 1927,

carried on with the New

Pocket’s numbers. A Second

Issue was made from 1927

until 1940. It sounds like you

have a Pocket Positive made

in 1907. The barrel markings

reaffirm my supposition.

Assuming it’s in 70 to 80

percent shape, value is $350

to $500.

PERCUSSION

EGG DUELER

Q: Last time you helped

me out with a Scheintod

Tear Gas revolver. This

time I’m wondering about

a supposed Durs Egg Saw

Handle Percussion pistol

that I’ve acquired. D. Egg

apparently produced his

own guns from 1778 to

1831. I do not have the
      twin, assuming there was
      one. The seller did not
      overcharge me, even if it
      is a fake, although myself
      and a couple of collectors
      I respect feel it is proba-
      bly genuine. Photos are
      included. It is about 141/2
      inches long overall, not
      counting the ramrod over-
      hang. The muzzle-to-breech
      plug is 8^3 ⁄ 8 inches. The
      caliber is about .50, and
      the barrel appears unrifled.
      The ramrod is a replace-
      ment. It has an oval silver
      plate opposite the lock
      work, and a silver shield
      on the butt, both without
      any inscriptions. The top of
      the barrel has “LonDon”
      with the “L” larger than
      the other letters. The lock

has “D. EGG” under a gold

plug where a vent hole

would be on a flintlock.

It has a set trigger and a

pineapple design in front of

the triggerguard. There are

two gold bands inserted on

the top flat and adjacent

flat on the octagon barrel.

The other top flat is taken

over by the nipple housing,

so there is no gold inlay

there. There are no other

external markings that I

can find. While the barrel

retaining wedge comes

out, the barrel seems stuck

and I’m too chicken to

force it. I have not tried

to remove the lock either.

Everything seems to work

fine. I have several books

on dueling pistols, including

one by Keith r. Dill called,

“London Gunmakers and

the English Dueling Pistol

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