Z8349 .36 Colt Thuer "Pocket” Navy Revolver Cartridge (1868)
Description: Very nice .36 cartridge for use with the .36 Colt "Pocket” Navy Thuer conversion revolver. This variant is often called the "Short Case” cartridge. F. Alexander Thuer of East Hartford, Connecticut received US Patent No. 82258 on September 15, 1868, for an improvement in revolving firearms.
Thuer states, "My invention relates to the kind of pistol or rifle which has a revolving chambered breech or cylinder capable of being loaded from the front, the principal object of the said invention being to produce a device by which a revolver adapted for the use of loose ammunition can at a small cost be changed, so that cartridges having primed metallic shells may be used.”
In 1868, the bored-through cylinder patent was still held by Rollin White and assigned to Smith & Wesson. Several companies were creating front-loading cartridges to circumvent this patent which was set to expire in 1869. The Colt Thuer conversion revolvers were one of the later examples trying to circumvent the patent. There are four main types of Thuer cartridges with a few variants. The .31 Colt Pocket, .36 Colt "Pocket” Navy, .36 Colt Navy, and the .44 Colt Army. The total number of conversions is around 5,000 with all four types included, making these cartridges quite scarce.
This example is in decent shape. There is one very small shallow dent on the side of the case and a very small flat spot on the side of the bullet. It has a pointed lead bullet with a single belt just above a thin cannelure. The tapered case is brass with a copper primer. This cartridge is also known as the .36 "Belted" or "Short Case" cartridge. Out of the four main types of Thuer cartridges, this is the hardest variant to find!
Headstamp: None
Measures: OAL 1.225” CL .846” HD .319” CM .377” BDaCM .377”
Reference: "U.S. Cartridges and Their Handguns” Suydam Pg. 40
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