VERY RARE MASS ARMS DRAGOON PERCUSSION REVOLVER.

VERY RARE MASS ARMS DRAGOON PERCUSSION REVOLVER. Cal. 40. SN 163. Wesson & Leavitt’s Patent revolver with 7-1/4″ rnd bbl marked on top strap “MASS ARMS CO. / CHICOPEE FALLS” with standard markings elsewhere. This is the standard model, one of about 770 made in the period 1850-51. It has a 6-shot cylinder with an unusual convex face that meets with a correspondingly angled forcing cone area. It has case colored integral frame & lockplate with side mounted hammer and full grip frame with 2-pc walnut grips. CONDITION: Extremely fine. Probably unfired with the bbl & top strap retaining about 90% glossy bright orig blue with the losses mostly on the left side of the bbl, which is flaked to a medium patina. Top strap has some minor flaking. Frame & lockplate retain 60-70% case colors, strong & bright in the sheltered areas, fading to silver elsewhere. Grip frame retains 25-30% blue with the balance flaked to a medium patina. Mechanics are crisp, brilliant shiny bore. 4-56987 JR418 (12,500-17,500)

Auction: Firearms - Fall 2005

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
	3281	$11,500.00	VERY RARE MASS ARMS DRAGOON PERCUSSION REVOLVER. Cal. 40. SN 163. Wesson & Leavitt’s Patent revolver with 7-1/4″ rnd bbl marked on top strap “MASS ARMS CO. / CHICOPEE FALLS” with standard markings elsewhere. This is the standard model, one of about 770 made in the period 1850-51. It has a 6-shot cylinder with an unusual convex face that meets with a correspondingly angled forcing cone area. It has case colored integral frame & lockplate with side mounted hammer and full grip frame with 2-pc walnut grips. CONDITION: Extremely fine. Probably unfired with the bbl & top strap retaining about 90% glossy bright orig blue with the losses mostly on the left side of the bbl, which is flaked to a medium patina. Top strap has some minor flaking. Frame & lockplate retain 60-70% case colors, strong & bright in the sheltered areas, fading to silver elsewhere. Grip frame retains 25-30% blue with the balance flaked to a medium patina. Mechanics are crisp, brilliant shiny bore. 4-56987 JR418 (12,500-17,500) Auction: Firearms - Fall 2005 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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