Colt New Model Army and Navy Revolver
date: label: date made
content: ca 1895
name: label: patentee
content: Colt's Patent Firearms Manufacturing Company
label: maker
content: Colt's Patent Firearms Manufacturing Company
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Colt manufactured approximately 291,000 of these .38 caliber revolvers between 1892 and 1907. It was the first double action swing out cylinder revolver issued to the U.S. military. In 1902 complaints about the inadequacy of the .38 caliber cartridge came in from combat troops in the Philippines. The Army went back to a .45 caliber side arm in 1909.
place: label: place made
content: United States
topic: label: Subject
content: Firearms
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content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military
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content: Military
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content: American Enterprise
label: Exhibition
content: American Enterprise
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AF.66839M
label: catalog number
content: 66839M
label: serial number
content: 1462
label: accession number
content: 234969
objectType: label: Object Name
content: revolver
label: Object Name
content: revolver, centerfire
label: Other Terms
content: revolver; Firearms; Center Fire; .38 In; Rifled; Staff Officer; 2G; Da
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 9 3/4 in x 5 1/8 in x 1 1/2 in; 24.765 cm x 13.0175 cm x 3.81 cm