Project Description
!!!!!PRICE REDUCED!!!!! This is a 1/3 scale Colt second model dragoon made by David L. Bradbury of Stockport, England. 4 11/16″ long overall with a 2 7/16″ barrel of .146 caliber. Machined steel with a blue finish except for the brass trigerguard and backstrap which are brass with a nice aged patina. One piece ivory grip with nice grain showing and a pleasing aged patina. Fully functional, the hammer with both half & full cock, & the cylinder indexes perfectly. No markings. Accessories include a functional brass & copper cylindrical powder flask, a nickel plated oil bottle, a two cavity bullet mold casting conical balls with a blued steel sprue cutter, a “L” shaped nipple wrench screwdriver, a steel lift top cap box finished in the white containing two extra percussion nipples, and 12 lead conical bullets that were cast with the included mold. Everything cased in a mahogany hinged top case with flip latches. The case top with an inlaid round brass escutcheon. The case interior English fit & lined in a burgundy felt. The interior lid with the makers paper trade label with his coat of arms and “D. L. Bradbury (in script), Gun Maker, STOCKPORT”. A really beautiful & expertly crafted miniature Colt revolver & accessories! This exact miniature was sold in a Butterfield & Butterfield auction in February of 1998 for $2,588.00! Stock # BH-2515. Price Reduced: 2,250.00.
