Colt Dragoon Revolver
Manufacturer / Maker
Samuel Colt
(1814 Hartford, Connecticut - 1862 Hartford, Connecticut)
Datec. 1849
MediumBrass, walnut, and steel
Dimensions14 1/2 × 5 1/4 in. (36.8 × 13.3 cm)
ClassificationsWeapons & Armaments
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, museum purchase, 1979 General Obligation Bonds
Object numberPC1981.218.1
DescriptionColt Dragoon revolver, 44 caliber, 6-shot cylinder, 7.5" part round, part octagonal barrel, walnut grip with brass tack on right side of grip. #6692 (Serial number), barrel.Identifying features include continuation of square-bached trigger guard, cylinder stop-slots are oval; juncture of grips, gripstraps and frame forms a straight vertical line. - The barrel is marked; "Address Sam Colt, New-York City-"; and "Colts/Tatent" on the left side of the frame, with "U.S." stamped below it.
On View
Not on viewTerms
after 1911
