Colt Model 1851 Navy Revolver American History Museum Usage Conditions Apply ... Object Details licensee Colt, Samuel maker Colt's Patent Firearms Manufacturing Company Location Currently not on view ...

The Model 1851 Navy was one of Colt’s most popular cap-and-ball “belt pistols,” and more than 250,000 were produced between 1851 and 1873. But approximately 42,000, bearing their own set of ...

Cased Colt 1851 Navy Model single action, six shot revolver. Barrel top marked ADDRESS COL. COLT LONDON. The cylinder has a naval engagement scene of 1843. The grips are two piece plain wood. Most of ...

Model 1851 Colt Navy Percussion Revolver, Serial Number 29705, with Case and Accessories Publication date ca. 1853 Topics ...

During its twenty three year lifespan, Colt produced more than 215,000 examples of their 1851 Navy revolver in their Hartford factory, a figure surpassed only by their 1849 Pocket model during the ...

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 ...

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 ...

This lighter, smaller-caliber Navy model was popular with ranking army officers, including General George McClellan. The revolver was a present to McClellan from Samuel Colt, famed fire arms ...

Colt revolvers had long been embellished with decorative scenes on the cylinder periphery and to commemorate this act of Texas bravery, in 1850 Colt tasked engraver W.L. Ormsby with designing a scene ...