Sleek, balanced, and deadly accurate, the Colt Navy became one of the most popular revolvers of the 19th century. Its use in the Civil War and on the frontier made it a symbol of American grit.

The 1851 Navy soon found a ready market. Models exhibited at the Great Exhibition in London that year, alongside Dragoon and Pocket revolvers, were in such demand that Colt later established an ...

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.

Model of 1917 Revolvers—Colt and Smith & Wesson .45 ACP By 1917, the M1911 was well established, and the small pre-war military was fairly well equipped with M1911s before war was declared on ...

Although he owned other guns during his career, Hickok is most noted for packing two ivory handled, nickel plated .36 caliber Colt 1851 Navy revolvers with their backstraps engraved, “J.B ...

The Model 1861 Colt Navy revolver was one of the more popular sidearms in the Civil War. The family of Colt Navy revolvers used a paper cartridge that consisted of black powder and a lead bullet.

The current generation of Colt Firearms includes guns such as the Navy Mk 12 Special Purpose Rifle. Introduced in 2002, this designated marksman rifle is chambered for 5.56x45mm NATO rounds like ...

Colt's Firearms Company Description Physical Description United States Colt M1861 Navy revolver, .36 caliber, backstrap is engraved “Maj. Gen. G. B. McClellan / with Compliments of Col. Colt”. General ...

The Colt Revolver Wiki Commons. In production from 1850 until 1873, the Colt Navy Revolver changed warfare and the world. Much lighter than the Colt Dragoon of 1847 and originally designated the ...

The Double Action Revolver shares a design similar to the Navy Revolver and is based on the real-life handgun Colt M1892. To get the Double Action Revolver in GTA Online, players need to solve a ...

Colt, Samuel maker Colt's Patent Firearms Manufacturing Company Location Currently not on view Credit Line U.S. Department of the Interior. National Park Service. Museum Clearing House associated date ...