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Official U.S. Army description of the original Army Model 1892 revolver and its .38 Long Colt ammunition. U.S. Army Ordnance Department (1917). Description of the Colt's Double-Action Revolver, Caliber .38, with Rules for Management, Memoranda of Trajectory, and Description of Ammunition. Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office. hdl:2027 ...
There was an uncatalogued 5-inch (130 mm) barrel version of the Anaconda, with reportedly less than 150 made. These 5-inch (130 mm) versions command very high prices when they are encountered. [citation needed] Additionally, Colt made an extremely low number of 4-inch (100 mm) barrel Anacondas chambered in .45 Colt. This ultra-rare variation ...
Ordnance crest "WHAT'S IN A NAME" - military education about SNL. This is a historic (index) list of United States Army weapons and materiel, by their Standard Nomenclature List (SNL) group and individual designations — an alpha-numeric nomenclature system used in the United States Army Ordnance Corps Supply Catalogues used from about 1930 to about 1958.
It was the largest revolver ever manufactured by Colt and one of the largest production revolvers of all time until the introduction of the .44 Magnum Colt Anaconda in 1990. There are several generational variants including the "Old Model" (which refers to the first 21,000 units made), "Transitional Model" (which incorporated a hammer-block ...
The .38 Long Colt remained the Army's primary revolver cartridge until 1909, when the .45 M1909 cartridge [b] was issued along with the .45 Colt New Service revolver as the new standard military sidearm for the U.S. Army. However, some of the old .38 Long Colt revolvers and ammunition remained in reserve stocks, and when the U.S. entered World ...
New Model Army Revolver Large 1863-1875 [12].44 132,000 (approximately) 8 inch octagon Used for factory conversions in .46 RF & .44 Colt New Model Navy Revolver Large 1863-1875 .36 28,000 (approximately) 7 3/8 inch octagon Used for factory conversions to .38 RF & U.S. Navy conversions to .38 Long Colt New Model Single Action Belt Revolver Large
Colt Army Model 1860: Colt's Manufacturing Company: Paper-wrapped.44 caliber.44 Colt: 6 United States: 1860-1873 Colt Army Special / Colt Official Police: Colt's Patent Firearms Manufacturing Company.22 Long Rifle.32-20.38 Special.41 Long Colt: 6 United States: 1908-1969 Colt Buntline: Colt's Manufacturing Company.45 Colt: 6 United States: 1957 ...
The Army used it until 1873, [1] at which time it was replaced by the better known and more powerful .45 Colt cartridge used in the recently adopted Colt Single Action Army revolver. The .44 Colt was made for use in the Richards-Mason conversion of Colt's 1860 Army percussion revolver. [ 1 ]