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 ...

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 ...

The “Colt Revolving Belt Pistol of Naval Caliber,” as the 1851 Navy was originally called, was Colt’s first practical revolver, coming after its 4-lb., 8-oz., .44-cal. Dragoon and the less ...

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 ...

3. Colt Model 1851 Navy 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 ...

The heritage of the pistol is recognized today in the insignia for the U.S. Army Military Police Corps, which depicts crossed Model 1805s. 2. Colt Revolvers (1851 Navy and M1873) (Photo: Hmaag) ...

The backstrap of the Colt Fourth Model 1851 Navy Revolver reads, “To John C. Hays, with Compliments of Col. Colt.” ...

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 ...