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The Colt New Model revolving rifles were early repeating rifles produced by the Colt's Manufacturing Company from 1855 until 1864. The design 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]
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 ...
In 1855, the Sidehammer was the first Colt's solid-frame spur-trigger gun. This anatomical characteristic was taken again when the three models of the Colt Derringer started production in 1870. For the two first models production lasted in 1890, and the third model ended in 1912 (until it was re-released in the 1950s for Western movies, under ...
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.
Colt Model 1849 Pocket Revolver: Colt's Patent Firearms Manufacturing Company.31 ball/conical bullet 5 United States: c. 1847–1873 Colt Model 1855 Sidehammer Pocket Revolver "Root" Colt's Patent Firearms Manufacturing Company.31 ball/conical bullet.28 ball/conical bullet 5 United States: c. 1855–1870 Colt Model 1862 Pocket Police
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 ...
Colt Dragoon Revolver; Colt House Revolver; Colt King Cobra; Colt M1861 Navy; Colt M1877; Colt M1878; Colt M1889; Colt M1892; Colt Model 1855 Sidehammer Pocket Revolver; Colt Model 1871–72 Open Top; Colt Model 1905 Marine Corps; Colt New Line; Colt New Police Revolver; Colt New Service; Colt Officer's Model (revolver) Colt Official Police ...
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.