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In 1890 Baker returned to the United States. [2] In 1892, he became literary editor for the music publisher G. Schirmer , a job he held until 1926. During his tenure he translated a considerable body of books and libretti into English, and wrote often in the Musical Quarterly , a Schirmer publication.
Produced a variant of the Colt 1851 Navy Revolver: 3,700 Griswold & Gunnison revolvers [2] Hodgkins Macon, Georgia, Pittsylvania, Virginia.58 caliber percussion muzzle-loading carbines 400 to 700 Hyde & Goodrich New Orleans, Louisiana: Rifles H. C. Lamb Jamestown, North Carolina.50 and .58 caliber percussion breech-loading carbines 532 Maynard
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 ...
Colt 1851 Navy Revolver; Colt Army Model 1860; Colt Buntline; Colt Dragoon Revolver; Colt House Revolver; Colt M1861 Navy; Colt Model 1855 Sidehammer Pocket Revolver; Colt Model 1871–72 Open Top; Colt New Line; Colt Open Top Pocket Model Revolver; Colt Paterson; Colt Pocket Percussion Revolvers; Colt Single Action Army; Colt Walker
The Colt Revolving Belt Pistol or Navy Pistol, sometimes erroneously referred to as "Colt Revolving Belt Pistol of Naval Caliber" or "of Navy Caliber" (Naval is heavy gun and Navy Size Caliber was termed later for another Colt model), is a .36 caliber, six-round cap and ball revolver that was designed by Samuel Colt between 1847 and 1850.
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 ...
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Colt even obtained some government contracts, selling 4,000 revolvers to the British Navy in 1854 and 14,000 to the British Army in 1855. [ 3 ] As Colt's English patents expired in 1851, British designer Robert Adams made his own version of the revolver and patented it the same year, making a successful presentation of his design at the Great ...