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The Colt Revolving Belt Pistol or Navy Pistol, sometimes erroneously referred to as "Colt Revolving Belt Pistol of Naval Caliber" or "of Navy Caliber" (Naval is heavy gun and Navy Size Caliber was termed later for another Colt model), is a .36 caliber, six-round cap and ball revolver that was designed by Samuel Colt between 1847 and 1850.
The .44 Colt was made for use in the Richards-Mason conversion of Colt's 1860 Army percussion revolver. [1] The conversion process involved boring through the chambers of the obsolete cap and ball revolvers and adding a breech-plate with a gated loading port to enable them to chamber centerfire metallic cartridges.
The Pocket Model revolvers all have a traditional "Colt-style" frame, generally with brass grip straps and trigger guard, and a case-hardened steel frame. In appearance, the frames are almost identical to the larger 1851 Navy and .44 caliber 1860 Army Models, with the exception of being smaller, and so having a proportionately larger trigger ...
the Army Model 1860 shares its frame with the Colt Navy Model 1851. The Colt 1860 Army uses the same size frame as the .36 caliber 1851 Navy revolver. The frame is relieved to allow the use of a rebated cylinder that enables the Army to be chambered in .44 caliber. The barrel on the 1860 Army has a forcing cone that is visibly shorter than that ...
Colt 1851 Navy: Colt's Manufacturing Company.38 rimfire, .38 centerfire: 6 United States: 1851–1873 Colt M1877: Colt's Manufacturing Company.32 Colt.38 Long Colt.41 Long Colt: 6 United States: 1877-1909 Colt M1878: Colt's Manufacturing Company.45 Colt.32-20 WCF.38 Long Colt.38-40 WCF.41 Colt.44-40 WCF.455 Webley.476 Eley: 6 United States ...
Produced a variant of the Colt 1851 Navy Revolver: 3,700 Griswold & Gunnison revolvers [2] Hodgkins Macon, Georgia, Pittsylvania, Virginia.58 caliber percussion muzzle-loading carbines 400 to 700 Hyde & Goodrich New Orleans, Louisiana: Rifles H. C. Lamb Jamestown, North Carolina.50 and .58 caliber percussion breech-loading carbines 532 Maynard
Used for factory conversions in .46 RF & .44 Colt New Model Navy Revolver Large 1863-1875 .36 28,000 (approximately) 7 3/8 inch octagon Used for factory conversions to .38 RF & U.S. Navy conversions to .38 Long Colt New Model Single Action Belt Revolver Large 1863-1875 .36 percussion and .38 RF: 4,500 based on serial numbers 6 1/2 inch octagon
The Colt Model 1848 Percussion Army Revolver is a .44 caliber revolver designed by Samuel Colt for the U.S. Army's Regiment of Mounted Rifles. The revolver was also issued to the Army's "Dragoon" regiments. This revolver was designed as a solution to numerous problems encountered with the Colt Walker.