Colt Model 1851 Navy Revolver
date: label: date made
content: 1861
name: label: licensee
content: Colt, Samuel
label: maker
content: Colt's Patent Firearms Manufacturing Company
notes: label: Description
content: The Model 1851 Navy was Colt’s most popular percussion revolver. Nearly a quarter million of the iconic .36 caliber six-shot model were produced between 1850 and 1873. The term "Navy" refers to the caliber of the revolver, not necessarily the branch of service. The .44 caliber revolvers are called "Army" and .36 caliber revolvers are called "Navy." The 1851 Navy was used by a number of famous soldiers and lawmen as well as infamous outlaws in American history.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Connecticut, Hartford
topic: label: related event
content: Civil War
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content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military
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content: Civil War
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content: Military
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content: Revolvers
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Charles Bremner Hogg Jackson
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1980.0399.0696
label: accession number
content: 1980.0399
label: serial number
content: 103554
label: catalog number
content: 1980.0399.0696
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Revolver
label: Object Name
content: revolver, percussion
label: Other Terms
content: Revolver; Firearms; Navy; Percussion Fire; .36 In; .36 In; Rifled; Muzzle Load; 2B; Sa
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 1/4 in x 13 in x 1 3/4 in; 13.335 cm x 33.02 cm x 4.445 cm