A Massachusetts Arms Co., Wesson & Leavitt Patent .40 Caliber Dragoon Revolver, Serial No. 224, circa 1852

Estimate

8,000 - 10,000 USD

bidding is closed

Description

Steel, Brass, Walnut wood

blued round barrel with fore-sight, top-strap marked MASS. ARMS CO. / CHICOPEE FALLS, 6-shot .40 caliber cylinder, lock-plate marked WESSON'S & LEAVITT'S PATENT, case-hardened breech, lock-plate, top-strap and hammer, blued cylinder, cylinder arbor latch (marked PATENT NOV. 26. 1850) and back-strap, brass trigger-guard, brass collection tag marked 245, oil-finished walnut grips

7-inch barrel

Approximately 800 were produced.

Provenance

Clay P. Bedford

Literature

Wilson, American Arms Collectors, Percussion Colts and Their Rivals, The Al Cali Collection, page 96