079-0521-2943, Colt M-1848 Baby Dragoon. BLOWOUT
$2,000.00
079-0521-2943, Colt M-1848 Baby Dragoon with Lever Pocket Percussion Revolver. .31 cal, 5 shot with square back guard. 5 inch barrel #11xxx matching on bottom of gun and cylinder. The lever has a #32, but an original lever. The wedge has no number. About 10% cylinder scene. This is a Baby Dragoon with a lever and the barrel address has the straight line on both sides of the 2 line barrel address. A book on Colt Baby Dragoons call out Baby Dragoons with levers as being faked, but he makes the exception for the Baby Dragoons with the straight line on both sides of the barrel address. He does not like the ones with a bracket on both sides of the address. But he does bless these ones. This gun has the rectangle cylinder stop on the cylinder, the early Baby Dragoons have a round stop with a rounded bottom. This gun has thin profile grips with small serial numbers and small patent address on side of frame. It is functional, with some light cleaning done long ago. Some light linseed oil has been applied to the grips over existing varnish. Some moderate bumps and chips to grips. Rifled bore with scattered fine surface residue over crisp-edged rifling. Very good overall. [/p][p]
According to Jordan’s Book on Colt Pockets and Baby Dragoons, this gun conforms to a correct Baby Dragoon with a Lever. It has a rectangle cylinder stop, it has dash finials and according to Jordan, “Rammered Baby Dragoons employing the DASH style finials are NOT suspect. Almost all conform to known and accepted standards.”
Est. Retail Value: $4000
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