What can you tell me about 2nd mdl Dragoon

[TomADC]

Don't have the pictures yet but what can you tell me about a 2nd model Dragoon made or distributed by Sile?

 

[TomADC]

Picture.

 

[ThorinNNY]

Elmer Keith liked to load up his old Colt Dragoons with 50 grains of FFG.

 

[72coupe]

I shot a reproduction to the point of destruction in 1968. Took 30 days of almost none stop shooting. This is my current Dragoo. A Uberti 3rd Model.

 

[Starter52]

The 2nd model was an improved version with a better catch on the end of the loading lever. Earlier models (and the famed Walker) had an insecure catch that tended to drop the lever when fired. The 2nd model Dragoon fixed the problem.

 

[TomADC]

Okay I see a PN with a star in a circle followed by a AD so Pietta made in 1978?

 

[Fingers McGee]

The PN with circle & star are BP proof marks. If a Pietta, It'll have a diamond with FAP in it.

This may help https://store.bluebookinc.com/Info/PDF/POWDER/MBPProofmarks.pdf

 

[TomADC]

I don't see the diamond with the fap or the U in the bore. I'll have to wait until it gets here nothing on the pictures I have that help.
The frame,barrel and cylinder all have the PN proof marks,
Great link BTW thanks.

 

[TomADC]

The Dragoon arrived today and I've gone over this with a magnifying glass and it does not have a manufactures stamp on it, only thing it says is the Siles NY.
Removed the barrel and cylinder but nothing there, it looks like if this has been shot it was very little.

 

[TomADC]

It's been identified as a ASM well price was right so I figure I have a nice shooter, not sure if I want conversion cylinder or not?

 

[StrawHat]

ASM pieces have recieved a reputation for soft internal parts. I have had a couple and usually end up replacing things like springs, hands and triggers. Nothing overly exciting except the ASM parts are getting few and far between. Other makers parts can be fit but that takes a little more work.

By and large, they were okay pieces and your Dragoon looks nice enough.