Specifically a Colt 3rd Model Dragoon. EF, Your ASM 3rd Model Dragoon is very nice, as are the photos. I finally got around to trying out my Colt Dragoon copy. Loading a single chamber at a time also reduced the weapon to a single shot weapon, and effectively defeated the entire purpose of having a repeating rifle. The round ball from Colt .44 molds ran about .458″ and weighed 144 grains; the conical bullet cavity from the same mold cast a 220 grain conical. This Fluck theory has been expanded to the "Being the Second Contract" pistols which went from serial 2000-3000. The majority of Colt black powder revolvers, produced in the 20th century, are second generation. Made in 1848. Good one of the rear sight. Brevete Colt Dragoon revolving rifles were made in Belgium under license from Colt during the 1850s to 1860s. Given the crude sights and weight (nearly 6lbs fully loaded), I would not think that a Dragoon would be a primary firearm for deer, even if you were hunting Sitka or Pacific black tails. Colt Dragoon The 1848 Dragoon series is the exact opposite of number five. Second generation revolvers included the 1851 Navy, the 1860 Army and the Dragoon revolver. The problem is the loading lever keeps coming loose after almost every shot. The Dragoon with 220 grain conical and 40 grains of FFFg black powder will do considerably more damage as it punches through five 2 x 4’s. Some later Colt Dragoon molds cast a 258 grain conical. Action works fine. Classic cap and ball revolvers meet modern ballistic gelatin: 31-caliber Colt Baby Dragoon, 36-caliber 1861 Navy revolver, and 44-caliber Uberti Colt 1848 Dragoon. The person who did the defarbing/antiquing was pretty good at it, and he left the fairly low serial numbers intact so it would not be confused with an original Colt. So I am a bit familiar with the smoke poles. While 95% of my shooting involves the modern cartridge pistols, lately I've been getting the whim on a BP revolver. This gun has been cleaned and some of the markings refreshed. Your Dragoon when loaded up full (40gr fffg under a 141gr RB @820fps), should approximate, ballistically, a .38 Spl load (148gr LWC @810fps). Colt 1st Model “Fluck” Dragoon. The Model 1848 "Baby Dragoon" was a lighter Dragoon form produced by Colt for the civilian market. The five-shot Baby Dragoon in .31 caliber was a scaled down version of the large dragoon revolvers but lacking a loading lever. smooth). The Colt Model 1848 Percussion Army Revolver is a .44 caliber revolver designed by Samuel Colt for the U.S. Army’s Regiment of Mounted Rifles. All Dragoons inherited the integrated loading cut-outs for simpler seating of the percussion caps from the larger Colt Walker. Hello to all. All 50 caliber, the lot of them. I've got a few percussion BP long rifles, and a single shot percussion Kentucky pistol (kit form, not yet assembled). Nice, satisfying BOOM with 45 grains of FFFg although it shoots a little high.. Additional models were introduced as third-generation Black powder revolvers, so if your revolver is one of the three models cited above, that narrows it down. Early gun that falls into the beginning of the “Fluck” Dragoon range of 2216-2515. The revolver was also issued to the Army’s “Dragoon” Regiments. It came in barrel lengths of 3″, 4″, 5″, and 6″ and is distinctive with its square-back trigger-guard. It was the first pocket model to be made at Colt’s Hartford factory. Its cylinder also featured an engraving of a battle scene and was unfluted (i.e.