Project Description
!!!!!PRICE REDUCED!!!!! This is a 1/3 scale Colt “Texas” Paterson percussion revolver made by master miniature maker Larry Smith of Florida. 3 5/16″ long overall with a 1 11/16″ octagon barrel of about .120 caliber.  The hammer has both half and full cock. The cylinder must be manually indexed, and the trigger is fixed and does not fold, which is typical for most Larry Smith Colt Patersons.  This piece is made to shoot 2mm pinfire cartridges.  Machined steel barrel, cylinder, & hammer. The barrel, cylinder, wedge, trigger, recoil shield, & 2 screws are finished in a pretty charcoal blue. The cylinder & barrel are inlaid with silver bands. The hammer is finished in the white. Silver plated frame and backstrap. The top flat of the barrel roll stamped “-L. H. SMITH – FLA. U.S.A.-” Serial number 29 stamped into the bottom of the barrel, frame, backstrap, and into the rear of the cylinders.  Smooth hammer spur.  Yellow brass cone type front sight. Beautiful one piece ivory grip with some nice figure and a beautiful aged patina.  You will note that there is no wedge screw, which is typical of Larry’s very early Patersons.  Accessories include an unmarked brass Larry Smith single spout powder flask that was made to hold a nice quantity of 2mm pinfire blank cartridges. No blank cartridges are included.  When the spout top is removed by twisting & lifting, the blanks would be accessible, and the ejector rod used to eject the spent blank cartridges from the cylinder is revealed.  Next is an unmarked Larry Smith brass lift top cap tin with a blue paper Eley label with black print.  The tin contains a small quantity of cloth cleaning patches.  Also included is a brass cleaning rod with a jagged end, turned ivory handle, and brass ferrule.  There is a three legged fire blued bullet mold with ivory handles marked on the right side “.12C”, and “S” on the sprue cutter. Lastly is the Paterson combination tool which is finished in the white. the tool is a screwdriver & loading lever, but does not have the nipple wrench or nipple pick. All the above cased in the original Larry Smith hinged top mahogany casing with slide latch.  The interior French fit and lined in an olive green felt. The case top with an inlaid silver colored rectangular escutcheon with scalloped corners. There are no markings on bottom of the case.  The revolver is near mint as new showing only the most minor evidence of handling with 99% original fire blue and 99% original silver plating. The silver plating shows some expected tarnish. The accessories are also mint.  The case in in excellent condition, but does show some handling marks. Stock # RC-21. Price Reduced: $1,500.00.
