Project Description

!!!!!SOLD!!!!!  This is a 1/2 scale Colt #5 “Texas” Paterson five shot percussion revolver made by Miniart in Moscow, Russia.  6 3/8″ long overall with a 3 3/4″ barrel of about .18 caliber.  100% fully functional, and will shoot if you can find the proper percussion caps and lead bullets.  Highly polished “blue” blue finish with case colored hammer & trigger, &  two piece ivory grips.  The grips with a brass backing plate carved on each side with carved & inked patterns at the top & two lower corners, and two German silver rivets.  The hammer has both half and full cock.   Folding trigger drops down when the hammer is cocked.  The top of the barrel hand engraved with the proper Paterson barrel address, see photo.  There are gold inlaid bands at the muzzle, bottom of the barrel, cylinder, and recoil shield.  The cylinder with a hand engraved cylinder scene, see photos.  Accessories include a functional gold plated brass 5 spout powder flask, a spare cylinder, a functional single cavity bullet mold with sprue cutter and walnut handles, a functional combination tool which is a screwdriver/ nipple wrench/nipple pick/loading lever, a fully functional gold plated brass capper with embossed lid, and a walnut handled cleaning rod.  All of the above cased in a hinged top walnut case with Colt key lock, key included.  The interior bottom French fit & lined in a purple velvet.  The interior lid padded and lined in the same purple velvet.  A really pretty well executed Miniart miniature Paterson, and definitely a few notches above your normal Miniart Paterson!  This is an miniature recreation of a known real Texas Paterson.  Excellent near mint 99% condition.  Stock # RC-13.  !!!!!SOLD!!!!!