messerist
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I've always wanted a Dragoon too! You guys are just making me want one even more!! Wife thinks you are in league with the dark lord! I just tell her that Walker needs a lil' brother.
To the absolute frustration of the collectors Colt produced what are called 'transition models' that would be half '1st Model', half '2nd Model', and the same between the '2nd' and '3rd Models'; there were also transitions between the Whitneyville and 1st Model.
Just so you know this hobby is not alone in naming variations, in railfanning, there has evolved a trend to list locomotives by phases, too. Start with your basic model, if the maufacturer added a couple louvers or changed the style of headlight, you either have a 1b, or Phase 2, etc...
These 'transition models' were not reproduced by the replica makers
I recall in a Dixie catalog many years ago seeing the Dragoon models defined as:
1st Model, squareback trigger guard
2nd Model, round trigger guard
3rd model, round trigger guard with leaf rear sight mounted on barrel
Well I know of at least one Colt Sig. Dragoon that is of that exception.
It's a Colt Sig Dragoon 1st Model oval Bolt, Frame oval cutout, Oval Cylinder slots, and Oval not squared back trigger guard 3rd or last model Dragoon(Colt did not give the Dragoons model numbers of 1st, 2nd, & 3rd) ... all matching Colt S/N's...
Colt Blackpowder Arms Company Signature Series Third Model Dragoons
I have a 2000 Colt Blackpowder Arms Co. Signature Series catalog. Listed are three variations of the Colt Third Model Dragoon.