Although we think of Colt percussion revolvers as being an open-top design, ... Caliber:.56 Manufactured: 1856-59 Serial Number: 1079* Condition: 60 percent—NRA Very Good (Antique Gun Standards) ...

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 ...

Colt relaunched the revolver as the “Frontier Six-Shooter” and sold it for $17. The company sold 357,859 Frontiers of varying calibers between 1873 and 1941.

Colt Walker Percussion Revolver, serial no. 1017. ... The Walker and the Dragoon, another .44-caliber revolver adopted by US Army cavalry and mounted-infantry units, ...

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 ...

Springfield Armory developed the Model 1855 Percussion Pistol-Carbine for use as a pistol on horseback, or as a carbine on foot. The .58 caliber muzzle loader featured an attachable shoulder stock and ...

The original percussion handgun fired nine shots from a revolving cylinder and one grapeshot from a shotgun barrel underneath. It was chambered in .42 and .63 (around 20-gauge) calibers and had a 6.75 ...