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The Colt New Model revolving rifles were early repeating rifles produced by the Colt's Manufacturing Company from 1855 until 1864. The design 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 firearm was a single-action, six-shot revolver accurate from 75 up to 100 yards, where the fixed sights were typically set when manufactured. The rear sight was a notch in the hammer, only usable when the revolver was fully cocked. The Colt .44-caliber “Army" Model was the most widely used revolver of the Civil War.
During the American Civil War, an assortment of small arms found their way onto the battlefield.Though the muzzleloader percussion cap rifled musket was the most numerous weapon, being standard issue for the Union and Confederate armies, many other firearms, ranging from the single-shot breech-loading Sharps and Burnside rifles to the Spencer and the Henry rifles - two of the world's first ...
Rifles Georgia State Armory Milledgeville, Georgia: 1863 Rifles, cartridges, artillery equipment Wm. Glaze & Co. Columbia, South Carolina: Rifles Sometimes stamped his work with this name and sometimes “Palmetto Armory.” Griswold & Gunnison Griswoldville, Georgia: 1862 Produced a variant of the Colt 1851 Navy Revolver
The Augustin was an Austrian musket that featured in the U.S. Civil War in very small numbers. Ballard M1861 rifle: Brunswick rifle: A British percussion rifle imported in small numbers by the Confederacy. Charleville musket: French muskets converted to percussion cap from flintlock and used in small numbers. Colt revolver rifle
The company was given a brief reprieve by the war against the Seminoles in Florida, which provided the first sale of Colt's revolvers and his new revolving rifles. The soldiers in Florida praised the new weapon, but the unusual hammerless design, sixty years ahead of its time, made it difficult to train men who were used to exposed-hammer guns.
Colt 1851 Navy Revolver; Colt Army Model 1860; Colt M1861 Navy; Colt Paterson; Colt Walker; F. Fayetteville rifle; G. ... M1841 Mississippi rifle; Maynard carbine ...
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.