RARE COLT BABY DRAGOON PERCUSSION REVOLVER.

RARE COLT BABY DRAGOON PERCUSSION REVOLVER. SN 2863. Cal. 31. Usual configuration with 4″ oct bbl, brass pin front sight and 2-line New York City address with brackets. Bbl is made without provisions for a rammer. It has a 5-shot unfluted cyl with rnd cyl stop notches. Left side of frame is marked in tiny letters “COLTS PATENT”. It has square back brass trigger guard and backstrap containing a 1-pc walnut grip with only partially legible numbers in the backstrap channel. Left side of grip, at the frame, has a large repaired chip. There were only about 15,000 of these rare little pocket revolvers produced in the period 1847-1850. That was the time of the 49’er miners and the great western expansion and the vast majority of these revolvers served on the western frontier and many of them saw service during the Civil War. PROVENANCE: Ted Knee Collection. CONDITION: About good. No orig finish remains with the steel parts a smooth cleaned gray patina with light pitting on the frame, some lightly battered screws and a replaced hammer screw and hammer spring. Cyl retains traces of the Ranger/Indian fight scene. Grip, with its repaired chip as noted, shows moderate to heavy wear and retains most of a professionally restored finish. Hammer is missing the half-cock notch, otherwise mechanics are fine. Strong bore with moderate pitting. 4-36575 JR310 (4,000-6,000)

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.

Image	Lot	Price	Description
	2300	$2,645.00	RARE COLT BABY DRAGOON PERCUSSION REVOLVER. SN 2863. Cal. 31. Usual configuration with 4″ oct bbl, brass pin front sight and 2-line New York City address with brackets. Bbl is made without provisions for a rammer. It has a 5-shot unfluted cyl with rnd cyl stop notches. Left side of frame is marked in tiny letters “COLTS PATENT”. It has square back brass trigger guard and backstrap containing a 1-pc walnut grip with only partially legible numbers in the backstrap channel. Left side of grip, at the frame, has a large repaired chip. There were only about 15,000 of these rare little pocket revolvers produced in the period 1847-1850. That was the time of the 49’er miners and the great western expansion and the vast majority of these revolvers served on the western frontier and many of them saw service during the Civil War. PROVENANCE: Ted Knee Collection. CONDITION: About good. No orig finish remains with the steel parts a smooth cleaned gray patina with light pitting on the frame, some lightly battered screws and a replaced hammer screw and hammer spring. Cyl retains traces of the Ranger/Indian fight scene. Grip, with its repaired chip as noted, shows moderate to heavy wear and retains most of a professionally restored finish. Hammer is missing the half-cock notch, otherwise mechanics are fine. Strong bore with moderate pitting. 4-36575 JR310 (4,000-6,000) 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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