GUN FALL 2015
The live portion of this session begins on Monday, October 5, 2015.
RARE CONFEDERATE DANCE DRAGOON REVOLVER, SN 46.DANCEDRAGOON4644Cal. 44. Of the approximate 100 Dance pistols that survive, about 85 are 44 Cal. Of these 85 guns, this is the only gun noted with inset "Texas Star" decoration. SN 46 is found on most major parts including bbl, plunger, arbor, cylinder, frame, hammer, trigger-guard, and backstrap. Overall edges are fairly sharp though this gun has seen use and there is edge wear to flats of bbl housing. Action is functional. This gun by NRA standards grades good. By Confederate standards this gun is an above average example with great aesthetics including the star inset. This gun is featured on three full pages, 42-44, of Gary Wiggins Dance & Brothers Texas Gunmakers of the Confederacy. Dance revolvers saw hard Confederate use, mostly in the Western and Trans-Mississippi theaters of the way. Any Texas Confederate soldier would be proud to carry a Texas made revolver of the highest quality. This is a unique Dance revolver and as stated by Wiggins in his text on Dances "The star emblem on the grip is unique to this specimen and has not been observed on any other Dance handguns." PROVENANCE: Ron Bridges Collection, pictured in North South Trader article, Volume I, No. 5, pgs. 30-31 (1973). Jackson Arms, Dallas, TX. Jan Reifenberg Collection. Listed by SN in Gun Report article, Nov. 1978, Sam Maxwell, the Dance Brothers Revolver, the Texas Dragoon. Gary Wiggins, Dance & Brothers Texas Gunmakers of the Confederacy, 1986. CONDITION: Iron surfaces overall are smooth & grey/brown with scattered staining & pitting, muzzle wear. SNs are all discernible. Cylinder retains four safety pins. Arbor has old welded repair. Mechanically gun is functional with crisp rifling. Grips are very good & well fit with inset silver star which has been polished. Butt of stocks & buttstrap have several large dents & gouges. 49172-1 JS (45,000-60,000)