OT Baby Hammerless

Edward Tinker · 06-08-2008, 08:54 PM

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Baby Hammerless - Model 1916 - .22 - Nickel - NONE -
Where can I find out more info on this type of gun? Internet searches haven't given me enough info on this pistol and I cant find anything in the ''Blue Book of Gun Values''.

Answer:
The Kolb company of Philadelphia, PA set up business in 1892 specializing in the manufacture of small .22 solid-frame revolvers with concealed hammers and folding triggers. Kolb revolvers were collectively known under the trade name of 'Baby Hammerless', they were five-shot .22 Short RF, revolvers with ribbed barrel and a frame latch that used two knurled buttons similar to the system used on contemporary Iver Johnson revolvers. Early Kolb revolvers had a knurled axis pin beneath the barrel, with a vertical spring catch on the right of the frame, which allowed the pin to be withdrawn for removal of the cylinder. References tell me that Baby Hammerless revolvers were manufactured from about 1911 to the early 1920s. In 1930, Kolb became R. F. Sedgeley & Co.

http://oldguns.net/q&a8_03.htm

I picked this up today at the gun show, has been renickled, as evidence of the buffing on the top, but its cute as hell and works in double action:

John D. · 06-08-2008, 09:08 PM

That is FANTASTIC!! I haven't seen one like that in all my days at KTP..!!!

Wonderful!!! How does she shoot?

JD

Edward Tinker · 06-08-2008, 09:27 PM

the guys at the gunshow got all excited when I asked if anyone had some 22 short?

lugerholsterrepair · 06-08-2008, 10:13 PM

Ed, Really a neat little pistol! Great find...

Jerry Burney

the gunman · 06-09-2008, 09:44 AM

Nice find Ed like Jerry said really neat little gun.

06-08-2008, 09:27 PM	#3
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06-08-2008, 10:13 PM	#4
lugerholsterrepair Moderator Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Arizona/Colorado Posts: 7,775 Thanks: 4,995 Thanked 3,133 Times in 1,439 Posts	Ed, Really a neat little pistol! Great find... Jerry Burney __________________ Jerry Burney 11491 S. Guadalupe Drive Yuma AZ 85367-6182 lugerholsterrepair@earthlink.net 928 342-7583 (CO & AZ) Year Round 719 207-3331 (cell) "For those who Fight For It, Life has a flavor the protected will never know."

06-08-2008, 09:08 PM	#2
John D. Administrator & Site Owner LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: A Little NE of Somewhere... Posts: 2,651 Thanks: 477 Thanked 515 Times in 128 Posts	That is FANTASTIC!! I haven't seen one like that in all my days at KTP..!!! Wonderful!!! How does she shoot? JD

06-09-2008, 09:44 AM	#5
the gunman User Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Leland NC 28451 Posts: 1,017 Thanks: 1 Thanked 13 Times in 12 Posts	Nice find Ed like Jerry said really neat little gun.