Cased COLT LONDON AGENCY Antique “NEW LINE” .38 Centerfire Pocket Revolver LONDON PROOFED Conceal & Carry SELF DEFENSE Gun

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Cased COLT LONDON AGENCY Antique “NEW LINE” .38 Centerfire Pocket Revolver

LONDON PROOFED Conceal & Carry SELF DEFENSE Gun

Here we present an antique Cased Colt London Agency Single Action “New Line” .38 Caliber Revolver, made in 1879 with a production run between 1874 and 1880 in Hartford, Connecticut. A single action revolver, this small pocket revolver was one of a number of inexpensive handguns produced by Colt from 1873 to 1884. The “New Line” was Colt’s first production model handgun chambered for .38 caliber and outnumbered all other pistols in Colt’s “New Line” group. This revolver utilized a .38 cartridge matched to a 5-shot fluted cylinder fitted to a 2-1/4” long round barrel. About 12,516 were produced in .38 caliber during its six year production run.

This revolver was designed to be a small but potent self-defense revolver for stowing in one’s pocket in the 19^th Century. Spur Trigger “Suicide Special” manufacture was fierce during this time, and Colt struggled to compete against the countless small shops making very similar, less expensive revolvers, though not necessarily of the same quality. The Colt remained a steady, reliable force in firearms for much longer than the rest. This revolver features 5 shots of .38 caliber, a blued finish, and rosewood grips.

The New Line series of revolvers, including all calibers, was a single action pocket revolver introduced by the Colt’s Patent Fire Arms Manufacturing Company in 1873 and continued through 1884. Two years after the Colt House Revolver, a year after the Colt Open Top, and almost simultaneously alongside the Colt Peacemaker, the Colt New Line was one of the first metallic cartridge, rear-loading revolvers manufactured by Colt.

The overall condition is good. Original nickel finish with fire blue accents. The action is not completely functional: the hammer cocks most reliably when the muzzle is pointed down due to a weak hand spring; the cylinder indexing and lockup are intermittent at best. The bore is in good condition with nice rifling. The rosewood grips are in great shape. Numbers match. London proofs. Fine Colt London case. The cartridges will be included depending on the shipping destination and at our discretion.

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Barrel is 4 inches.

Caliber: .38 Centerfire

Overall condition as seen in photos.

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$1750
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