{"id":5989,"date":"2016-11-17T12:00:03","date_gmt":"2016-11-17T12:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/candrdigital.com\/index.php\/2016\/11\/17\/colt-sidehammer-root-dragoon-prototype\/"},"modified":"2020-07-22T16:25:12","modified_gmt":"2020-07-22T21:25:12","slug":"colt-sidehammer-root-dragoon-prototype","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/2016\/11\/17\/colt-sidehammer-root-dragoon-prototype\/","title":{"rendered":"Colt Sidehammer &#8220;Root&#8221; Dragoon Prototype"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"youtubomatic-video-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"580\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XaBLFL0VPfw?controls=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Sold for $184,000.<\/p>\n<p>Cool Forgotten Weapons Merch! <a href=\"http:\/\/shop.bbtv.com\/collections\/forgotten-weapons\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/shop.bbtv.com\/collections\/forgotten-weapons<\/a><\/p>\n<p>During the development of the 1860 Army revolver, Colt did consider mechanical options other than simply scaling up the 1851 Navy pattern. One of these, as evidenced by this Colt prototype, was an enlarged version of the 1855 Pocket, aka Root, revolver. That 1855 design used a solid frame and had been the basis for Colt\u2019s revolving rifles and shotguns, and so it would be natural to consider it for use in a .44-caliber Army revolver. How extensive the experimentation was is not known, and I believe this is the only known surviving prototype of a Dragoon-size 1855 pistol. It survives in excellent shape, and is a really neat glimpse at what might have been\u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.patreon.com\/ForgottenWeapons\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.patreon.com\/ForgottenWeapons<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Related:<\/p>\n<p>Collier Flintlock Revolvers: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=i9Km5KaeO7I\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=i9Km5KaeO7I<\/a><br \/>\nSavage Navy Revolver: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=3_5U9AoIS5I\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=3_5U9AoIS5I<\/a><br \/>\nPresentation 1851 Navy w\/ Canteen Stock: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=RZzIgy4DsKQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=RZzIgy4DsKQ<\/a><br \/>\nRichards Conversion 1860 Army: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=eWa6lie6t4g\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=eWa6lie6t4g<\/a><br \/>\nColt 1847 Walker: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=UhYlzTABNI0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=UhYlzTABNI0<\/a><br \/>\nColt 1855 Revolving Shotgun: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=cbKDkOAi6Mo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=cbKDkOAi6Mo<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sold for $184,000. Cool Forgotten Weapons Merch! http:\/\/shop.bbtv.com\/collections\/forgotten-weapons During the development of the 1860 Army revolver, Colt did consider mechanical options other than simply scaling up the 1851 Navy pattern. One of these, as evidenced by this Colt prototype, was an enlarged version of the 1855 Pocket, aka Root, revolver. That 1855 design used a&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/2016\/11\/17\/colt-sidehammer-root-dragoon-prototype\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Colt Sidehammer &#8220;Root&#8221; Dragoon Prototype<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":5990,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[89,19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5989","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-content","category-video"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5989","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5989"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5989\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15101,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5989\/revisions\/15101"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5990"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5989"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5989"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5989"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}