The Peacemaker is a cartridge fed beast where this is a cap and ball.
This one is the 1851 Colt Revolving Belt Pistol of Naval Caliber, later known as the Colt 1851 Navy or Navy Revolver. it was originally called the Ranger.
The Colt Revolving Belt Pistol of Naval Caliber (i.e., .36 cal), later known as the Colt 1851 Navy or Navy Revolver, is a cap and ball revolver that was designed by Samuel Colt between 1847 and 1850. Colt first called this Revolver the Ranger model, but the designation "Navy" quickly took over.
After the Civil War, revolvers using fixed metallic cartridges came into widespread use. The Colt Navy remained in production until 1873, being replaced in the Colt line with what would become one of the ...
Yep, that’s it. I love the “revolving belt pistol” as a name, but the “Ranger” is pretty good too. Your go
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OK sticking with old revolvers.
That’s the one… Got to love the trigger lol.
The Colt Paterson is a revolver. It was the first commercial repeating firearm employing a revolving cylinder with multiple chambers aligned with a single, stationary barrel. Its design was patented by Samuel Colt on February 25, 1836, in the United States, France, and England, and it derived its name from being produced in Paterson, New Jersey. Initially this 5-shot revolver was produced in .28 caliber, with a .36 caliber model following a year later. As originally designed and produced, no ...
I was going to say winchester 1890, but that loading gate has got me stumped
It’s a Colt lightning. Nice one!
Wombat
May 31, 2019, 10:37am
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Yes it is - Medium frame.
I actually hate this game. Now I want a pile of guns I never even knew existed. You’re all a bad influence.
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Is it a Colt Model 1855 Sidehammer Pocket Revolver also known as a Colt Root Revolver?
The Colt Model 1855 Sidehammer, also known as the Colt Root Revolver after engineer Elisha K. Root (1808–1865), was a cap & ball single-action pocket revolver used during the American Civil War and made by the Colt's Patent Fire Arms Manufacturing Company in two calibers: .28 and .31.
In the revolver configuration of the patented revolving mechanism, only one model of revolver was produced. The only two available calibers for the revolver were .28 and .31. The production of the revolver started ...
Yep, that didn’t take long
Seeing as we all like revolvers lol.
no1mk3
May 31, 2019, 6:40pm
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And to think he actually got a Govt contract for these oddball things, must have been quite a salesman.
Is it a rare type of pentingill revolver? the shape looks very familiar although the trigger and what I asume is a cocking lever are throwing me off.
You are sort of right, it is a 2 trigger job. 1 cocks it and the other fires it.
