While externally similar to a standard Colt 1860 Army cap-and-ball revolver (inset, l.), the gun being discussed is a breech-loading, .44-cal., center-fire, 1860 Army Model Richards-pattern ...

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United States Colt Model 1860 Army revolver, .44 caliber. General History The Colt Model 1860 army revolver was manufactured from 1860 through 1873. The total production consisted of more than 200,000 ...

Before the Colt Single Action Army, pistols used percussion caps to ignite a powder charge that had to be hand-loaded into each chamber of the revolver's cylinder. This was a slow and cumbersome ...

Schreier estimated that a Colt Model 1860 Army Revolver in as good a condition as Ferguson's would fetch about $3,500 on a really strong day, and the box would bump it up to $4,500 or even $5,000 ...

By 1860 the .44- caliber New Model Army revolver soon rivaled the Navy on which it was based.

An ivory-handled Colt 1851 Navy revolver. NRA Museum Designed by Samuel Colt himself, the Model 1851 Navy was so-called because of the naval battle scene engraved on its cylinder. It was the first ...

In July 1873, the Army adopted the Colt and ordered 8,000 revolvers, along with a substantial run of 3,000 Smith & Wesson Model 3s, to replace its obsolete Colt 1860 Army Percussion revolvers.

The U.S. Army adopted the new handgun in July 1873, naming it the M1873, and bought 36,000 revolvers chambered in .45 Colt caliber. The revolver was introduced to the civilian market two months ...