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 ...

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 ...

The Army purchased 128,057 of these revolvers through contracts with Colt and obtained a few thousand others through other means. So they are not rare but, nonetheless, they are still good ...

The Government's Gun. 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 ...

On October 26, 1881, shots rang out at the O.K. Corral. Within the first 30 seconds of the shootout, three members of the Clanton gang were killed. Men on both sides, including Wyatt Earp, Doc ...

Now that the Army is looking to replace the Beretta, ... Most of the U.S. gun factories were in the North, ... That's how the Union got the Colt Model 1860.

The Colt Model 1860 Army Revolver may be a prevalent Civil War weapon, but the one Gene Ferguson carried onto the set of "NRA Gun Gurus" had a back story like no other.. As the cameras rolled ...

Bat Masterson’s custom Colt Single Action Army revolver. Rock Island Auction Company. With the adaptation of this icon, the Army Ordnance Department, whose record remains mixed at best, struck fire.

Samuel Colt and his revolvers remain world famous, ... By 1860 the .44- caliber New Model Army revolver soon rivaled the Navy on which it was based.

NASHVILLE -- The Colt Model 1860 Army Revolver may be a prevalent Civil War weapon, but the one Gene Ferguson carried onto the set of NRA Gun Gurushad a back story like no other.. As the cameras ...