Lot 471 Detail
Cased Colt Model 1848 Baby Dragoon Pocket Revolver, with Accessories
Serial no. 3993, .31 caliber percussion, 5-shot cylinder with Dragoon and Indians roll
scene, 4-inch barrel with two-line Address Saml Colt/New-York City marking within
brackets; COLTS/PATENT on left side of frame. Blued, with case-hardened hammer and frame;
silver-plated brass gripstraps; varnished walnut grips. 998 on bottom of wedge, with
another 3-digit number stamped out. Mahogany case lined in burgundy velvet, with eagle
powder flask, blued steel COLTS/PATENT bullet mold, packet Hazard's combustible envelope
cartridges, and container of Eley Bros. caps.
Condition: Excellent. Gray patina, light pitting; cylinder scene 75%;
95% silver on gripstrap, 95% on buttstrap, 10% on backstrap; grips with 50% varnish, light
wear. Case fine with crack on lid; nicks and marks, some to interior. Fading and light
wear, likely old relining; accessories very good.
Note: Several early features of Baby Dragoon, including thin triggerguard shoulders,
cupped tip of cylinder pin for use as ramrod, oval cylinder stop slots and grip profile,
Estimate: $7000 - $9000
Reloading kit for pinfire cartridges (5mm,7mm, 9mm
& 12mm)
How
does it work?
PRICE LIST
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
USER
Manual click here
11mm 1973
full kit
Content : 11 mm tools + 12
reloadable cases + 1 powder measuring cup + 25 lead bullets
Price list click here
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