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  2. Colt Pocket Percussion Revolvers - Wikipedia

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    The family of Colt Pocket Percussion Revolvers evolved from the earlier commercial revolvers marketed by the Patent Arms Manufacturing Company of Paterson, N.J. The smaller versions of Colt's first revolvers are also called "Baby Patersons" by collectors and were produced first in .28 to .31 caliber, and later in .36 caliber, by means of rebating the frame and adding a "step" to the cylinder ...

  3. Schuyler, Hartley and Graham - Wikipedia

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    Wooden case for police revolver Colt Model 1862, Serial no. 9174, with Thuer Conversion for Self-contained Cartridges, and Accessories. References This ...

  4. Remington Model 1858 - Wikipedia

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    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 1863-1875 .36 percussion and .38 RF: 4,500 based on serial numbers 6 1/2 inch octagon

  5. .32 S&W Long - Wikipedia

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    The Colt company referred to the .32 S&W Long cartridge as the .32 "Colt's New Police" cartridge, concurrent with the conversion of the Colt New Police revolver from .32 Long Colt. The cartridges are functionally identical with the exception that the .32 NP cartridge has been historically loaded with a flat nosed bullet as opposed to the round ...

  6. William Mason (gunsmith) - Wikipedia

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    Those converted revolvers are identified as the "Richards-Mason conversion". [3] After working on these conversions, Mason began work on Colt's first metallic cartridge revolvers in 1871: the Colt Model 1871-72 "Open Top" revolver was the third such pistol, following the .41 caliber House Pistol and the .22 caliber seven-shot Open Top. The Open ...

  7. Colt's Manufacturing Company - Wikipedia

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    After the success of the Colt Single Action Army and Colt's conversion of existing percussion revolvers to Richards-Mason conversions, Mason went on to design Colt's first Double-action revolver, the Colt M1877. Following this, he once again teamed up with Richards to produce a larger-framed version, the Colt M1878 Frontier. It was Colt's first ...

  8. Colt M1861 Navy - Wikipedia

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    After the expiration of the Rollin White Patent (Apr. 3, 1869), a number of Navy 1861 and its forerunner, the Colt 1851 Navy Revolver were converted or newly made to fire .38 rimfire or centerfire cartridges, the Colt Model 1861 Richards- Mason Conversion by the Colt factory.

  9. .44 Colt - Wikipedia

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    The .44 Colt was made for use in the Richards-Mason conversion of Colt's 1860 Army percussion revolver. [1] The conversion process involved boring through the chambers of the obsolete cap and ball revolvers and adding a breech-plate with a gated loading port to enable them to chamber centerfire metallic cartridges.