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Lot 12
Colt Model 1848 Baby Dragoon Revolver
Sale 1293 - Arms, Armor & Militaria
Oct 24, 2023 10:00AM ET
Live / Cincinnati
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Estimate
$2,000 - 4,000
Price Realized
$2,160
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
Colt Model 1848 Baby Dragoon Revolver

.31 caliber. 3" octagonal barrel. SN: 13940 (mfg. ca.1850). Blued and color casehardened finish, silver plated brass backstrap and square-back triggerguard, varnished one-piece walnut grip. Single action percussion revolver without loading lever, five-chambered smooth round cylinder and hammer nose notch rear sight. Front sight is a replacement dovetailed brass blade. Barrel with two line dashed address that reads: - ADDRESS SAML COLT/NEW-YORK CITY -. Lower left of frame with correct earlier style COLTS/PATENT marking further back than on later guns and cylinder with traces of the Stage Coach Hold Up Scene. Cylinder marked COLT'S PATENT over serial number. Matching serial numbers throughout, including the wedge and the grip, although the pencil number in the grip is very weak and only partially legible. Correct short trigger and short forcing cone found on rammerless Baby Dragoon revolvers and early Wells Fargo's. Overall a solid and correct very late Baby Dragoon from the very end of their production when the 1849 Pocket Model was replacing them.

This lot is located in Cincinnati.
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