^Lot 5003 2ND MODEL MARTIAL COLT DRAGOON REVOLVER.

Cal. 44. S# 8768. Standard configuration for Colt 2nd model dragoon, blue and case colored, 7-1/2" octagonal to round barrel, German silver front blade sight and "ADDRESS SAML COLT NEW YORK" address. . "COLT'S PATENT" / "U.S." stamped on left side of frame. Square back brass trigger guard is characteristic of 1st & 2nd model dragoons. Walnut 1-piece grip has no discernible inspector cartouches. Matching S#s found on barrel, frame, triggerguard, backstrap, and cylinder, and cylinder pin. There is inked number in grip channel, but light and not discernible. The 2nd Model Dragoon was the lowest production of all the Dragoon models. UNATTACHED ACCESSORIES: broken mainspring. CONDITION: good overall, iron has been cleaned and buffed obscuring any inspection marks, "COLTS PATENT / US" and address are both discerned but weak. S#s discernible, and very good on brass as are inspection initials "H" on backstrap and "M" on trigger bow. Grips are heavily worn and stained with chipped toe. Mainspring is broken, but mechanics appear to function if spring was restored. Pitted rifled bore. PROVENANCE: Norm Flayderman catalog # 29 in 1956; Estate Collection of William Pirie Co-Author of "Variations of Colt's New Model Police & Pocket Breech Loading Pistols". (01-29256/JS). $3,000-5,000.