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POTD: Colt Open Top Pocket Revolver - The Little Gun That Almost Wasn't

Summary by alloutdoor.com
Welcome to today’s Photo of the Day! This tiny Colt represents one of the company’s more obscure chapters – a pocket revolver that tried to bridge cap-and-ball nostalgia and cartridge convenience, but ended up pleasing nobody. The Open Top Pocket was manufactured from 1871 to 1877, and this 1875 example shows why it never caught on. The “open top” design was Colt’s attempt to convert their successful pocket percussion revolvers to rimfire cartri…
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alloutdoor.com broke the news in on Friday, August 15, 2025.
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