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Colt 1851 Navy
Description
A well-balanced, lightweight percussion revolver, one of the most popular of its day. Despite the name, it was used mostly by civilians and land forces.
Historical use
- American Civil War
- American Old West
Technical data
- Year
- 1851
- Service
- 1851–1873
- Country
- United States
- Maker
- Colt's Patent Firearms
- Type
- Revolver
- Mechanism
- Revolving cylinder
- Calibre
- .36 (9,1 mm)
- Weight
- 1.2 kg
- Length
- 330 mm
- Barrel
- 190 mm
- Capacity
- 6 rounds
- Units made
- ≈ 272,000
Source: Wikidata Q619709
