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  2. Colt's New Model revolving rifle - Wikipedia

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    Two Colt Model 1851 Navy revolvers with same caliber and a Colt Root Model 1855 rifle, .36 cal. Colt Root carbines, .56 cal. The design of the Colt revolving rifle was essentially similar to revolver-type pistols, with a rotating cylinder that held five or six rounds in a variety of calibers from .36 to .64 inches. [1]

  3. List of firearms before the 20th century - Wikipedia

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    Colt M1877 (US – revolver – 1877) Colt M1878 "Frontier" (US – revolver – 1878) Colt M1892 "New Army and Navy" (US – revolver – 1892) Colt model 1839 carbine (USA – rifle – 1838) Colt Model 1855 Sidehammer Pocket Revolver" Root Revolver" (USA – revolver – c.1855) Colt Model 1871–72 Open Top (USA – revolver – 1871) Colt ...

  4. Colt's Manufacturing Company - Wikipedia

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    Colt's Manufacturing Company, LLC (CMC, formerly Colt's Patent Firearms Manufacturing Company) is an American firearms manufacturer, founded in 1855 by Samuel Colt that has become a subsidiary of Czech holding company Colt CZ Group. It is the successor corporation to Colt's earlier firearms-making efforts, which started in 1836.

  5. Colt Model 1855 Sidehammer Pocket Revolver - Wikipedia

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    In 1855, the Sidehammer was the first Colt revolver to use the "creeping" loading lever. This loading mechanism was subsequently used in the design of the Colt Army Model 1860, Colt Navy Model 1861, and Colt Police Model 1862. The Sidehammer was the also Colt's first solid-frame, spur-trigger gun.

  6. Category:Guns of the American West - Wikipedia

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    Colt Buntline; Colt Dragoon Revolver; Colt House Revolver; Colt Lightning rifle; Colt M1861 Navy; Colt M1877; Colt M1878; Colt M1889; Colt model 1839 carbine; Colt Model 1855 Sidehammer Pocket Revolver; Colt Model 1871–72 Open Top; Colt Open Top Pocket Model Revolver; Colt Paterson; Colt Pocket Percussion Revolvers; Colt's New Model revolving ...

  7. Category:American Civil War rifles - Wikipedia

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    Colt's New Model revolving rifle; F. Fayetteville rifle; Frank Wesson Rifles; G. Gallager carbine; H. Harpers Ferry Model 1803; ... Springfield Model 1855 ...

  8. Samuel Colt - Wikipedia

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    The company was given a brief reprieve by the war against the Seminoles in Florida, which provided the first sale of Colt's revolvers and his new revolving rifles. The soldiers in Florida praised the new weapon, but the unusual hammerless design, sixty years ahead of its time, made it difficult to train men who were used to exposed-hammer guns.

  9. Colt model 1839 carbine - Wikipedia

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    The Colt model 1839 carbine is an early percussion revolving smoothbore carbine manufactured by the Patent Arms Manufacturing Company between 1838 and 1841. Produced alongside the Colt second model ring lever rifle (preceded by the first model ring lever rifle, Samuel Colt's first manufactured firearm), the model 1839 was the most popular longarm of the Patent Arms period. [1]