NO. 103495 FOR 1855

with blued barrel, blued part octagonal breech with two-line New York City address, blued cylinder originally roll engraved with stagecoach hold-up scene, copper alloy back-strap and trigger-guard originally silvered, case-hardened rammer, matching numbers, and in refurbished condition, 10 cm barrel

Flayderman notes 'an alleged variant that rears its ugly head occasionally is the so-called M.1849 with "dragoon type barrel"...some thought to have been altered in jest to tease fellow collectors (in an era when the gun had but slight value)...the consensus of expert opinion is that no such variant was made'.