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Colt Model 1848 First Model Dragoon

Highly desirable Colt First Model Dragoon percussion revolver with a 7 ½ inch part round barrel in caliber .44 with a six shot cylinder.

Only 7000 First Model Dragoons were manufactured between 1848 and 1850, and they are important as one of the massive “horse pistols” manufactured by Colt following the famous Colt Walker revolvers of 1847. This revolver dates to 1848 (first year of production) and like the other Dragoon models, they were used in the antebellum era on the frontier and saw considerable use during the American Civil War (1861-1865). As such, they are very difficult to find in high condition since many spent years riding in pommel holsters out West and /or on battlefields of the Civil War. The barrel has a German Silver blade front sight and “{ADDRESS SAML COLT NEW･YORK CITY}” reading from the breech towards the muzzle (left hand address). The cylinders show almost the complete “Texas Rangers and Comanches Fight Scene”, only the “MODEL U.S.M.R.” (U.S. Mounted Riflemen) or the “U.S. DRAGOONS“ marking in the upper scroll-edged panel, above the serial number, is worn off, “COLT’S PATENT” on the lower scroll-edged panel is perfect visible, also Ormsby’s signature “W.L. Ormsby Sc. N.Y.” is still there. The cylinder has the correct oval stop slots, the safety pins are worn off. Left side of the frame is stamped with “COLT’S PATENT U.S.”, there is an inspector letter “T” (William Tuller) stamped at the top of the right side of the brass trigger-guard close to the grip and “M” inside the recoil shield, serial numbers and inspector markings are stamped in tiny numerals and letters. All matching serial numbers 3995 on loading lever, barrel, frame, trigger-guard, backstrap, cylinder, arbor pin and inside grip channel, the wedge is a correct period replacement and is numbered 83. This revolver as the correct vertical loading lever latch and V-shaped mainspring. The walnut grip is in excellent condition, no chips missing and no cracks, the Inspector Cartouches are not visible anymore. Backstrap and trigger-guard contain lots of silver plating, frame and loading lever has some minor case colors visible, rest of metal parts are having an equal dark grey, brown patina, screws are fine with nice sharp slots. The barrel has strong lands and grooves with some pitting. Tight action and mechanically fine.

This is a very solid example of the historic Colt First Model Dragoon revolvers in very good condition.

Colt Model 1849 Pocket revolver with 6 inch barrel.

A very early Civil War percussion Colt Model 1849 Pocket Revolver with a six inch barrel in excellent untouched condition. Serial number 88570, all matching numbers. Made in 1854, all original & complete. The revolver has excellent metal, markings, and edges. It has a full and sharp cylinder scene, with the “ENGRAVED BY W. L. ORMSBY NEW YORK” signature still there from “BY”, “ENGRAVED” is worn off. The barrel has a two-line, type 2, New York City Address. The barrel on the gun retains most of its original bright factory blue. The cylinder has a wonderful natural plum color from the original blue fading, with two of the safety pins still there. The frame, recoil shields, loading lever & hammer retain their original factory case colors on them. The backstrap and trigger guard are fine throughout, the trigger guard and backstrap retain almost all original silver. Silver on the backstrap is a fading.  All screws are excellent with original color on them. The original factory grips are excellent throughout and have a wonderful grain to them. They retain their original factory varnish on them. The bore is excellent, and the action is tight and crisp. This is an excellent all original and untouched example of a Early Civil War Percussion Colt Model 1849 Pocket revolver with a 6 inch barrel on it.

Colt Model 1848 Rammerless Baby Dragoon Percussion Revolver

Rare Colt Model 1848 Baby Dragoon Percussion Revolver or Old Model Pocket Pistol with serial number 9833, manufactured circa 1849 without loading lever and with very desirable six-inch barrel.  It has the rare left-hand address which reads “-ADDRESS SAMḺ COLT NEW･YORK CITY-” on two lines, from breech to muzzle, with a faint line under the “L” and dashes at either end. It is stamped “COLTS PATENT” in very small letters forward, on top left side of the frame. There is an inspector letter “T” (William Tuller) stamped at the top of the right side of the brass trigger-guard close to the grip and a letter “T” stamped on the cylinder shoulder face. There is another inspector letter “K” on the left side of the front triggerguard screw, just above the serial number.

The five shot cylinder has five round stop slots and one safety pin. The cylinder shows a 100% clear scene of the “Texas Rangers and Comanches Fight Scene” and the three line “COLTS PATENT 9833“stamped on the side. Matching serial numbers 9833 throughout including wedge 833 and cylinder arbor pin which is also stamped 9833. Arbor pin has no grease grooves and a cup machined into the end of the arbor pin which is correct for Rammerless Baby Dragoons.

The gun has almost all barrel blue left, the cylinder has lots of original blue left, which has a wonderful natural plum color from original blue fading on a few places. Frame and hammer having visible traces of case colors, screws are fine with untouched slots. The brass backstrap and squareback triggerguard, with correct thin bolster, retain almost all of its silver-plating. The one-piece walnut grip is fine plus throughout with almost all original varnish left. The bore is excellent and the action tight like new.

This is a rare and hard to find ‘Baby Dragoon’ with desirable six-inch barrel in excellent condition.

A total of only 2000 Baby Dragoons with left-hand addresses were made in four different barrel lengths, which makes this gun, especially in this condition, an extremely rare gun now a days.

Colt Model 1851 Navy with iron backstrap and small iron trigger guard. 

An early and scarce Iron Backstrap & Trigger Guard Civil War Percussion Colt Model 1851 Navy Revolver. Serial number 72432, all matching numbers including the wedge. Made in 1857, all original & complete. The revolver has excellent plus metal, markings, and edges. It has a full and very crisp cylinder scene. The barrel has a one-line New York City Address. The barrel on the gun retains most of its original bright factory blue with some small spots of thinning. The cylinder has a mix of fine original blue with some light thinning to a plum brown patina no spots. The frame, recoil shoulder areas, loading lever & hammer retain excellent & bright vivid original factory case colors. The scarce iron backstrap and trigger guard are excellent throughout and retain most of their original factory silver on them. All screws are excellent plus and retain all their original color on them. The original factory grips are excellent plus throughout and retain their original factory varnish on them. The bore is excellent, and the action is tight and crisp as new. This is a very scarce, almost impossible to find and high condition all original example of an early civil war iron strapped percussion Colt Model 1851 Navy revolver in excellent untouched condition.

Colt Model 1851 Navy Late Fourth Model.

A Late Fourth Model percussion Colt Model 1851 Navy revolver with large trigger guard. Serial number 205013, all matching numbers, except for the unnumbered loading lever which is correct for the late Fourth Models. Made in 1868, all original and complete. This revolver has fine metal, markings and edges it have a clear barrel address and crisp, full Naval Battle cylinder scene including the, “ENGAGED 16 MAY 1843” line. Barrel has almost all of its original blue left, loading lever-frame and hammer containing almost all of their original case colors, remnants of silver left on trigger guard and backstrap. All six safety pins are there, nice untouched screws, mechanically crisp and sound, fine bore with no pitting, nice original grips.
Great Late Model 1851 Navy in very fine condition.

Colt Model 1860 Army Civil War issued.

A U.S. Civil War Military issued Colt Model 1860 Army revolver in fine untouched condition. Serial number 94038, all matching numbers. Made in 1863, all original and complete. The revolver has fine metal, markings, and edges. It has a very clear barrel address and crisp, full cylinder scene. All parts are U.S. sub-inspected, “C-D-F-H-L-P-R”. The barrel has a mix of original blue and a natural plum patina on it. The cylinder has the same natural patina throughout it. The frame and loading lever show original factory case colors with the frame showing more. Th backstrap is fine and retains blue throughout it. The brass trigger guard is fine throughout. All screws are fine. The original grips are fine with perfect U.S. Inspectors cartouches on both sides:
Left grip: “C.S.L.” Chester S. Leonard.
Right grip: “J.T.”John Taylor.
This revolver has an excellent action and fine bore with some pitting visible. Fine Colt 1860 Army military issued revolver, which is one of the 58995 revolvers delivered by Colt to the U.S. military during 1863.
According to Colt’s Factory Letter this gun was shipped on February 9, 1863 to United States Government, Frankford Arsenal in Bridgeburg Pennsylvania in a shipment of 1000 guns.

Colt Model 1849 Pocket revolver with 5 inch barrel.

An Early Civil War Percussion Colt Model 1849 Pocket Revolver with a Five Inch Barrel in Excellent Condition. Serial number 175933, All matching numbers including the wedge. Made in 1860, all original & complete. The revolver has excellent metal, markings, and edges. It has a full and sharp cylinder scene. The barrel has a two-line New York City Address. The barrel on the gun retains most of its original bright factory blue with some small spots of fading. The cylinder has a mix of blue and patina on it. The frame, loading lever & hammer retain nearly all of their original bright factory case colors. The backstrap and trigger guard are fine throughout.  All screws are excellent with original color on them. The original factory grips are excellent to mint throughout and have a wonderful grain to them. They retain their original factory varnish on them. The bore is excellent, and the action is tight and crisp. This is an Excellent all original example of An Early Civil War Percussion Colt Model 1849 Pocket Revolver with a 5 inch barrel on it.

A.Waters U.S. Model 1836 pistol.

A. Waters Milbury, Mass. Model 1836 Flintlock conversion pistol, caliber 54 percussion, standard 8 1/2” round barrel, brass blade front sight oval shaped rear sight on barrel tang, swivel type ramrod with button shaped head. All mountings of iron. Dated 1843. Eagle, makers name and date are only partly visible but present and correct. The stock is very fine and has two Inspector’s cartouches “J.H.” Joseph Hannis and “W.A.T.” William A. Thornton (letter T looks like a letter J in the cartouche). The barrel has US/P markings indicating military acceptance and proofed and is also stamped “NWP” Nathan W. Patrick inspector of military contract arms. Single letter Ordnance sub-inspection marks are on several places on the gun. Mechanically perfect and a fine bore.

With an estimate quantity of 20.000 made these US martial pistols were the last with a flintlock ignition system produced for contract with the US Government. It was a standard issue pistol for the Mexican American War 1846-1848. Many of these were converted to percussion for use during the Civil War.

Philadelphia Deringer.

Unknown maker Philadelphia Deringer cal. 45 percussion pistol with standard 2 5/8 barrel. Engraved and German silver finished, excellent wood. All parts #8 numbered. Excellent condition scarce piece.

Developed by Henry Deringer, no patent that’s why there are so many different makers.