4275817. PERCUSSION REVOLVER, American, Colt Dragoon, first model, no 6258, made in 1849, caliber .44, drum with “U.S. DRAGOONS”.
Description
Barrel marked “ADDRESS ASSEMBLY COLT NEW YORK CITY”, body marked “COLTS/PATENT/U.S.“, six-shot drum with oval drum stops, drum engraving with “Texas Ranger and Indian scene” and “U.S. DRAGOONS /COLT'S PATENT, repeating control marking “N”, piston plates in walnut with cartouches, length approx. 35,5 cm.
About 7000 First Model Dragoons were manufactured during 1848-1850, the current specimen featuring the unusual “U.S. DRAGOONS” marking on the drum.
Condition
Slight wear, different fonts on the backstrap numbering, mechanically functioning at the time of cataloging.
4275817. PERCUSSION REVOLVER, American, Colt Dragoon, first model, no 6258, made in 1849, caliber .44, drum with “U.S. DRAGOONS”.
Description
Barrel marked “ADDRESS ASSEMBLY COLT NEW YORK CITY”, body marked “COLTS/PATENT/U.S.“, six-shot drum with oval drum stops, drum engraving with “Texas Ranger and Indian scene” and “U.S. DRAGOONS /COLT'S PATENT, repeating control marking “N”, piston plates in walnut with cartouches, length approx. 35,5 cm.
About 7000 First Model Dragoons were manufactured during 1848-1850, the current specimen featuring the unusual “U.S. DRAGOONS” marking on the drum.
Condition
Slight wear, different fonts on the backstrap numbering, mechanically functioning at the time of cataloging.