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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.
Colt had been criticized for this high price, and by 1865 the revolver was reduced to $14.50 ($289.00 in 2023). The Colt "Army" revolver is to be distinguished from the Colt "Navy" revolver of which there were two models, the octagonal barrel Model 1851 Navy, and the round-barreled Model 1861 Navy, both Navy models being in the smaller .36 ...
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.
Colt Navy Model 1861 Richards Mason Conversion .38 cal The revolver was chosen by the Army in 1872, with the first order shipping in the summer of 1873 for 8,000 revolvers. [ 4 ] After the success of the Colt Single Action Army and Colt's conversion of existing percussion revolvers to Richards-Mason conversions, Mason went on to design Colt's ...
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 Richards Conversion was performed on the Colt 1860 Army revolver. The caliber was .44 Colt and the loading lever was replaced by an ejector rod. This conversion added a breech plate with a firing pin and a rear sight mounted on the breech plate. Colt manufactured 9000 of these revolvers between 1873 and 1878.
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Colt 1851 Navy Revolver; Colt Anaconda; Colt Army Model 1860; Colt Buntline; Colt Cobra; Colt Detective Special; Colt Diamondback; Colt Dragoon Revolver; Colt House Revolver; Colt King Cobra; Colt M1861 Navy; Colt M1877; Colt M1878; Colt M1889; Colt M1892; Colt Model 1855 Sidehammer Pocket Revolver; Colt Model 1871–72 Open Top; Colt Model ...