RARE COLT 3RD MODEL DRAGOON PERCUSSION REVOLVER WITH 3RD TYPE CANTEEN SHOULDER STOCK BELIEVED TO BE ONE OF ONLY THREE KNOWN.

RARE COLT 3RD MODEL DRAGOON PERCUSSION REVOLVER WITH 3RD TYPE CANTEEN SHOULDER STOCK BELIEVED TO BE ONE OF ONLY THREE KNOWN. SN 17797. Cal. 44. Usual configuration with 7-1/2″ oct to rnd bbl, German silver front sight and 1-line right hand New York City address with a 3-leaf sight dovetailed into the top flat. Frame is 4-screw type cut for shoulder stock with extended shoulder stock lug screws. Left side of frame has a small “COLTS PATENT”. Cyl is usual 6-chambers with faint Dragoon/Indian fight scene with five of the six safety pins crisp & serviceable. The silver plated brass trigger guard & iron backstrap contain a 1-pc varnished walnut grip with the last four digits of SN in backstrap channel. Accompanied by a very rare 3rd type canteen stock that has the SN “17926” on the bottom tang of the yoke and buttplate tang. The butt clamp has the number “18431”. Also accompanied by a Colt factory letter which identifies this revolver, as found, under special features “Furnished with a canteen shoulder stock, shipped to J.P. Moores Sons, New York, NY, April 26, 1861 in a shipment of 75 same type guns.” Given that this rare revolver was shipped to one of Colt’s major distributors only two weeks after the beginning of the Civil War, it can be surmised that it likely saw service throughout the entirety of the Civil War. These revolvers were popular with both sides of that conflict and continued in service afterward on the American frontier. They are rarely found in orig configuration with any orig finish or their orig. shoulder stock. According to The Book of Colt Firearms, Wilson, only about 1,200-1,500 3rd Model Dragoons were shipped with buttstocks in three different stock patterns. Few of these revolvers are found today. PROVENANCE: Dr. John & Margaret Pickup Collection. CONDITION: Fin. Bbl retains 20-30% flaked orig blue with a few light spots of pitting and nicks around the wedge slot; frame retains about 60% very bright case colors on the sides in the protected areas around the extended stock screws and in sheltered areas. Hammer retains traces of case colors being mostly a mottled silver/brown patina; cyl is a cleaned gray/metal patina with fine, light, pin prick pitting and retains about 25% Dragoon/Indian fight scene; other legends are partially visible; trigger guard retains about all of its strong orig silver plating and the backstrap about 70% silver plating; the buttstrap is a gray metal. Grip is sound with wear from the stock yoke and other nicks & scratches and overall retains about 75% orig varnish; mechanics are fine, bright shiny bore with a few spots of pitting. Buttstock is sound with nicks, dings & scratches and retains most of an old restored finish; yoke & buttplatte retain most of their orig silver plating. 4-46450 (50,000-75,000)

Auction: Firearms - Fall 2012

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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	1457	$0.00	RARE COLT 3RD MODEL DRAGOON PERCUSSION REVOLVER WITH 3RD TYPE CANTEEN SHOULDER STOCK BELIEVED TO BE ONE OF ONLY THREE KNOWN. SN 17797. Cal. 44. Usual configuration with 7-1/2″ oct to rnd bbl, German silver front sight and 1-line right hand New York City address with a 3-leaf sight dovetailed into the top flat. Frame is 4-screw type cut for shoulder stock with extended shoulder stock lug screws. Left side of frame has a small “COLTS PATENT”. Cyl is usual 6-chambers with faint Dragoon/Indian fight scene with five of the six safety pins crisp & serviceable. The silver plated brass trigger guard & iron backstrap contain a 1-pc varnished walnut grip with the last four digits of SN in backstrap channel. Accompanied by a very rare 3rd type canteen stock that has the SN “17926” on the bottom tang of the yoke and buttplate tang. The butt clamp has the number “18431”. Also accompanied by a Colt factory letter which identifies this revolver, as found, under special features “Furnished with a canteen shoulder stock, shipped to J.P. Moores Sons, New York, NY, April 26, 1861 in a shipment of 75 same type guns.” Given that this rare revolver was shipped to one of Colt’s major distributors only two weeks after the beginning of the Civil War, it can be surmised that it likely saw service throughout the entirety of the Civil War. These revolvers were popular with both sides of that conflict and continued in service afterward on the American frontier. They are rarely found in orig configuration with any orig finish or their orig. shoulder stock. According to The Book of Colt Firearms, Wilson, only about 1,200-1,500 3rd Model Dragoons were shipped with buttstocks in three different stock patterns. Few of these revolvers are found today. PROVENANCE: Dr. John & Margaret Pickup Collection. CONDITION: Fin. Bbl retains 20-30% flaked orig blue with a few light spots of pitting and nicks around the wedge slot; frame retains about 60% very bright case colors on the sides in the protected areas around the extended stock screws and in sheltered areas. Hammer retains traces of case colors being mostly a mottled silver/brown patina; cyl is a cleaned gray/metal patina with fine, light, pin prick pitting and retains about 25% Dragoon/Indian fight scene; other legends are partially visible; trigger guard retains about all of its strong orig silver plating and the backstrap about 70% silver plating; the buttstrap is a gray metal. Grip is sound with wear from the stock yoke and other nicks & scratches and overall retains about 75% orig varnish; mechanics are fine, bright shiny bore with a few spots of pitting. Buttstock is sound with nicks, dings & scratches and retains most of an old restored finish; yoke & buttplatte retain most of their orig silver plating. 4-46450 (50,000-75,000) Auction: Firearms - Fall 2012 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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