“Looking at this, I think this is really early in the series, and I would say that this was actually made in the first months of 1837.
“I’ve always found this one of the most iconic firearms ever, because when I was a small boy, I had the big book of firearms, which all boys had.
“ And there was this pistol in it which said Paterson Colt and I looked at it and thought ‘Hmm there’s something funny about that! It hasn’t got a trigger! What is a gun without a trigger?’
“Let me show you, as you pull the hammer back, bingo, out comes the little trigger,” Bill demonstrated.
Published at Sun, 20 Dec 2020 10:03:00 +0000
Antiques Roadshow guest ‘open to offers’ after rare Colt revolver valued at £150,000
