The Colt Model 1848 Percussion Army Revolver is a .44 caliber revolver designed by Samuel Colt for the U.S. Army's Mounted Rifles, also known as "Dragoons". The Colt Dragoon Revolver was produced with several variations between 1848 and 1860, when the Colt Model 1860 revolver replaced it. All the improvements in design of Colt revolvers were applied to the Dragoons as well to the smaller models of Colt revolvers. For collectors, there are three different types. The First Model Colt Dragoon Revolver has oval-shaped cylinder notches, a V-type mainspring, no wheel on the rear of the hammer, no pins between the nipples on the cylinder and a squareback triggerguard. Colt produced about 7,000 first models between 1848 and 1850. The Second Model has rectangular cylinder notches. Until the no. 10,000 the V-shaped mainspring was standard and then replaced with a flat leaf mainspring and a wheel on the hammer at its bearing on the mainspring. All the Second Model Dragoons have the squareback triggerguard. The company made about 2,550 Second Models in 1850 and '51. This example is a modern reproduction
Marks and Stamps: (L side of barrel) <| Accession Number: 35 | Period of Use: 1850 - 1870s |
| Type: Revolver | War Zones: Indian Wars; Mexican Wars; American Civil Wars |
| Country of Origin: Italy | Type Date: Unknown |
| Manufacturer: Armi San Marco, Gardone V.T. Brescia | Serial Number: 8020 |
| Manufacture Date: Unknown | Calibre/Ammunition: 0.44" |
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| Cyclic Rate: revolver | Length Barrel: 189mm |
| Deactivation Certificate Number: CG 19599 |