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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.

Condition Report

Good. Fair bore heavily oxidized, dark and pitted with visible rifling. Barely with rich plum brown patina, moderately oxidized and with minute traces of dull blue in protected areas. Frame with a mottled gray and brown patina with some hints of bluish color. Cylinder with a mottled grayish brown patina and only traces of scene. All other markings remain legible. Metal with scattered light surface oxidation and some roughness as well as a large number of small dings and minor impact marks. Brass with some strong traces of silver plating. Mechanically functional, but ratchet wear results in an action that is not as smooth as it could be. Grip good to very good with some traces of varnish and some scattered bumps, dings and mars. Overall a solid Baby Dragoon.

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