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In 1855, the Sidehammer was the first Colt revolver to use the "creeping" loading lever. This loading mechanism was subsequently used in the design of the Colt Army Model 1860, Colt Navy Model 1861, and Colt Police Model 1862. The Sidehammer was the also Colt's first solid-frame, spur-trigger gun.
The design of the Colt revolving rifle was essentially similar to revolver-type pistols, with a rotating cylinder that held five or six rounds in a variety of calibers from .36 to .64 inches. [1] The Model 1855, which was the most widely produced revolving rifle, was available in .36, .44 and .56 caliber.
Colt's Manufacturing Company, LLC (CMC, formerly Colt's Patent Firearms Manufacturing Company) is an American firearms manufacturer, founded in 1855 by Samuel Colt that has become a subsidiary of Czech holding company Colt CZ Group. It is the successor corporation to Colt's earlier firearms-making efforts, which started in 1836.
The family of Colt Pocket Percussion Revolvers evolved from the earlier commercial revolvers marketed by the Patent Arms Manufacturing Company of Paterson, N.J. The smaller versions of Colt's first revolvers are also called "Baby Patersons" by collectors and were produced first in .28 to .31 caliber, and later in .36 caliber, by means of rebating the frame and adding a "step" to the cylinder ...
Diagram of a Springfield Model 1855 Musket's lock mechanism. The small plate with the eagle on it is the cover for the Maynard tape system. Maynard's new system still required the musket's powder and Minié ball to be loaded conventionally into the barrel, but the tape system meant that the percussion cap no longer needed to be manually loaded onto the percussion lock's nipple.
Colt New Line (USA – revolver – 1873) Colt Open Top Pocket Model Revolver (USA – revolver – 1871) Colt Paterson (US – revolver – 1836) Colt Pocket Percussion Revolvers (USA – revolver) Baby Dragoon: 1847; Pocket Model of 1849: 1850; Pocket Navy and Pocket Police: 1861; Colt revolving rifle (US – repeating rifle – 1855) Colt ...
The Colt first model ring lever rifle and Colt second model ring lever rifle are two early caplock revolving rifles that were produced by the Patent Arms Manufacturing Company between 1837 and 1841. The first model, produced between 1837 and 1838, was the first firearm manufactured by Samuel Colt , developed shortly before the advent of the ...
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