Original U.S. Colt "Root" Model 1855 Sidehammer .31cal. Pocket Percussion Revolver made in 1855 - serial 2815 Untouched Antique Guns known as a "Comb Top"

known as a "Comb Top" features a silvered Helmet plate with a Crown to top over a star burst containing a blue enameled ring around EIIR

The 1868 marking is extremely rare with probably no more than 150 so marked

the era of the Plains buffalo hunter

known as the "New Military Sword" ( 新軍刀 - shin guntou) style

Original U.S. Colt "Root" Model 1855 Sidehammer .31cal. Pocket Percussion Revolver made in 1855 - serial 2815 Untouched Antique Guns known as a "Comb Top"Original Item: Only One Available. Here is an unusual Colt Pocket Percussion Revolver, commonly referred to as the M 1855 Root. It features an external side hammer on the right side of the frame, with a 5 shot . 31 caliber cylinder. The early pattern fluted cylinder is marked on the side: PATENTED SEPT. 10th 1850, and the top of the barrel has the standard colt address in two lines: ADDRESS COL. COLT NEW YORK. U. S. A. It is small and always suffered