Fall 2024 Premier Firearms & Militaria Auction
October 31st, November 1st, 2nd, & 3rd, 2024
This auction will feature an outstanding collection of items spanning multiple categories including Modern, Military, Sporting, & Antique firearms & militaria! Below is just a small grouping of select highlights from the massive offering to be featured in this upcoming sale!
SCARCE ENGRAVED COLT HARTFORD-LONDON 3RD MODEL DRAGOON REVOLVER
01-25666
Cal. 44
S# 140. Bbl
7 1/2″, round with octagon shank. German silver sight. Top flat is marked “ADDRESS SAMl COLT NEW-YORK CITY”. Six-shot round cyl. with rectangular cyl., where it stops having Texas ranger scene roll engraving. Frame, bbl., loading lever, and grip straps have classic London vine-type, foliate, scroll factory engraving. Leaf pattern engraving is found on bolsters with a sunburst behind hammer. Original finish was blue and case-colored with silver-finished backstrap and round trigger guard. Left side of frame has engraved Colt’s Patent marking. Bbl. and cyl. have London proof and view marks. Bbl., cyl., frame, grip straps, and loading lever have matching numbers. Wedge is unnumbered. One-piece walnut grips. With the success of the Navy Model revolver, demand for the 4 lb., 44 cal. dragoons had waned in the US. After the move to Hartford and the success of the Great Exhibition, Colt shipped unfinished guns to London. Some retained the New York markings on the bbl.; others were remarked with the London address. The 3rd model dragoons, finished in London from 1851-61, were numbered 1-700.
PROVENANCE: From the Collection of a Tennessee Gentleman.
STATUS: ANTIQUE
