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751
$8,625.00

SCARCE COLT BABY DRAGOON REVOLVER WITH RAMMER. Cal. 31. SN 12698. Rare Baby Dragoon, only a few thousand made with rammers. It has 5” oct bbl, brass pin front sight, 2-line New York City address with serifs at each end. It has the 1849 style rammer & lever with 5-shot cylinder that has the stagecoach holdup scene. It has nickel plated brass grip frame with 1-pc walnut grip. CONDITION: Fine to very fine, all matching including wedge. Bbl retains about 50% orig blue with balance a light blue/brown patina with scattered light pitting. Rammer & handle retain dark case colors with a spot of pitting on right side. Cylinder retains traces of orig blue, being a smooth light to medium brown patina & retains about 90% strong stagecoach holdup scene. Frame retains dark case colors turned silver. Grip frame retains virtually all of its orig silver plating with some traces of brass showing through. Front trigger guard screw is a replacement. Grip is sound with some battering on bottom that corresponds with battering on buttstrap, with light nicks & dings elsewhere and retains 88-90% orig varnish. One frame/bbl lug pin is broken. Mechanics are fine, bright shiny bore. 4-58863 (8,000-12,000)


Auction: Firearms - Fall 2006
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