Lot 470 Detail
Fine Colt Third Model Dragoon Revolver, with Rare 8-Inch Barrel
Serial no. 18552, .44 caliber percussion cylinder; 8-inch part round, part octagonal
barrel marked ADDRESS SAML COLT NEW-YORK CITY; COLTS/PATENT in tiny letters stamped on
left side of frame; Texas Rangers and Comanche Indian fight cylinder roll scene with U.S.
DRAGOONS within upper cartouche above serial number; blued with case-hardened hammer,
loading lever and frame; silver-plated brass gripstraps; varnished walnut grips. Matching
number 8552 on bottom of wedge and on top of loading lever lug.
Condition: Fine. 40% blue, balance brown and gray, spots of pitting
and scattered nicks; cylinder with sharp roll scene, brown patina, light pitting; 35%
case-hardening; four of cylinder safety pins excellent, remaining two mashed; gripstraps
with 95% silver-plating on triggerguardstrap, and 60% on backstrap; grips 75% varnish and
with mars and wear. Fine bore.
Note: R.L. Wilson, The Book of Colt Firearms, describes the 8-inch barrel Dragoons on
page 95B, and illustrates no. 18767.
Estimate: $25000 - $30000
Reloading kit for pinfire cartridges (5mm,7mm, 9mm
& 12mm)
How
does it work?
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Revive your antique pinfire firearms
Basic one shell
16 gauge caliber kit
for pinfire shotgun
User
manual click here
Includes a brass
case, a cap holder, a firing pin and a long screw
Revive your antique French 11mm Model
1873 (Chamelot Delvigne) revolver
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Manual click here
11mm 1973
full kit
Content : 11 mm tools + 12
reloadable cases + 1 powder measuring cup + 25 lead bullets
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