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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.
Percussion caps have been manufactured in various sizes to fit snugly over different sized nipples. Nipples for 4.5mm and 6mm percussion caps. The percussion cap, percussion primer, or caplock, introduced in the early 1820s, is a type of single-use percussion ignition device for muzzle loader firearm locks enabling them to fire reliably in any weather condition. [1]
LeMat Revolver, original cap & ball model, used by Confederate States troops in the American Civil War. When war broke out, LeMat received Confederate contracts to produce 5,000 revolvers, and plans were laid to manufacture the gun abroad and then import them into the Confederacy, which lacked the necessary facilities to produce the weapon locally.
Colt's Patent Firearms Manufacturing Company.31 ball/conical bullet 5-6 United States: c. 1847–1873 Colt Model 1871-72 Open Top: Colt's Patent Firearms Manufacturing Company.44 Henry: 6 United States: 1871–1873 Colt New Line: Colt's Patent Firearms Manufacturing Company.30 Caliber.32 Long Colt.38 Caliber.41 Short Colt.41 Long Colt
Cap and ball shooters also often place a lubricated wad between balls and powder, or, alternatively, pack lard or a commercially-sold bore lubricant at the mouth of each chamber in an attempt to prevent powder in an adjacent chamber from being ignited by when the gun is fired, which is known as a chainfire.
1863-1865 some early guns had a fluted cylinder, rest were round, [13] conversions had two-piece cylinder New Model Police Revolver Medium 1865-1873 .36 percussion and .38 RF: 25,000 (estimated) 3 1/2, 4 1/2, 5 1/2, 6 1/2 inch octagon Conversions all believed to be rimfire only New Model Pocket Revolver Small 1865-1873 .31 percussion and .32 RF
The Tranter revolver was a double-action cap & ball revolver invented around 1856 by English firearms designer William Tranter (1816–1890). Originally operated with a special dual-trigger mechanism (one to rotate the cylinder and cock the gun, a second to fire it) later models employed a single-trigger mechanism much the same as that found in ...
The Savage 1861 Navy was a cap and ball revolver manufactured by the Savage Revolving Firearms Company from 1861 to 1862. This company is unrelated to the later Savage Arms Company . It was used by both sides during the American Civil War.