FINE COLT 3RD MODEL DRAGOON PERCUSSION REVOLVER WITH SHOULDER STOCK.

FINE COLT 3RD MODEL DRAGOON PERCUSSION REVOLVER WITH SHOULDER STOCK. SN 17462. Cal. 44. Blue & color case hardened with 7-1/2″ oct to rnd bbl, half moon German silver front sight and 1-line address that reads from muzzle to cylinder. Rear of top flat has a 3-leaf sight fitted into a dovetail. It has 4-screw frame with small “COLTS PATENT” over a tiny “U.S.”. Frame is cut for shoulder stock with flathead hammer screw and extended stock screws. Trigger guard is brass with a blued steel backstrap containing a crisp 1-pc walnut grip. Cylinder is usual configuration with re-rolled Ranger/Indian fight scene and the “MODEL U.S.M.R.” and “COLTS PATENT” panels with SN in the middle. All frame & bbl markings are re-rolled and/or re-stamped. SN’s are re-stamped. Accompanied by an orig dragoon stock with iron yoke & buttplate that has a stud & ring in bottom tang and bears the SN’s “17447” and “17448”. Stock is uncheckered straight grain walnut. Also accompanied by a heavy Plexiglas stand to accommodate the stocked revolver. PROVENANCE: Dr. Joseph A. Murphy Collection. CONDITION: Very fine to extremely fine, all matching including wedge, grip was not checked. Overall retains all of its orig restored finish with bright orig-style blue and brilliant case colors. Grip, probably a replacement, retains a wonderful oil finish. Mechanics are fine, strong bright bore with scattered light pitting. Stock iron retains a mottled silver/brown patina with scattered spots of light rust. Buttplate retains about 70% thin orig blue with fine pitting on tang. Wood is sound and retains about all of a fine professionally restored finish. Stand is equally fine. 4-36509 JR151 (5,000-9,000)

Auction: Firearms - Fall 2009

Please Note: All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

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	2162	$9,775.00	FINE COLT 3RD MODEL DRAGOON PERCUSSION REVOLVER WITH SHOULDER STOCK. SN 17462. Cal. 44. Blue & color case hardened with 7-1/2″ oct to rnd bbl, half moon German silver front sight and 1-line address that reads from muzzle to cylinder. Rear of top flat has a 3-leaf sight fitted into a dovetail. It has 4-screw frame with small “COLTS PATENT” over a tiny “U.S.”. Frame is cut for shoulder stock with flathead hammer screw and extended stock screws. Trigger guard is brass with a blued steel backstrap containing a crisp 1-pc walnut grip. Cylinder is usual configuration with re-rolled Ranger/Indian fight scene and the “MODEL U.S.M.R.” and “COLTS PATENT” panels with SN in the middle. All frame & bbl markings are re-rolled and/or re-stamped. SN’s are re-stamped. Accompanied by an orig dragoon stock with iron yoke & buttplate that has a stud & ring in bottom tang and bears the SN’s “17447” and “17448”. Stock is uncheckered straight grain walnut. Also accompanied by a heavy Plexiglas stand to accommodate the stocked revolver. PROVENANCE: Dr. Joseph A. Murphy Collection. CONDITION: Very fine to extremely fine, all matching including wedge, grip was not checked. Overall retains all of its orig restored finish with bright orig-style blue and brilliant case colors. Grip, probably a replacement, retains a wonderful oil finish. Mechanics are fine, strong bright bore with scattered light pitting. Stock iron retains a mottled silver/brown patina with scattered spots of light rust. Buttplate retains about 70% thin orig blue with fine pitting on tang. Wood is sound and retains about all of a fine professionally restored finish. Stand is equally fine. 4-36509 JR151 (5,000-9,000) Auction: Firearms - Fall 2009 Please Note: All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

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