Colt 1851 Navy

thumb|284x284pxAbout the Colt 1851 Navy
The Colt 1851 Navy or Navy Revolver, is a cap and ball revolver that was designed by Samuel Colt between 1847 and 1850. This gun received it's "Navy" designation by the usual depiction of a naval warfare scene engraved on the ammunition cylinder. Construction on the Model 1851 Navy is very basic with the revolver able to break down into roughly 11 major pieces. This allowed the Navy to be very robust and reliable when abused in the wide open spans that was the american wild west. This famous gun is surprisingly light for it's 14 inch long body, allowing the revolver to have little recoil. The 7.5 Inch barrel also making the gun fairy accurate
In Fistful of Frags
The Colt 1851 Navy in fistful of frags is regarded as the Schofield 's little brother. A lot of people may ask why use the Colt Navy when it's less accurate than the Schofield (88% Left Hand), weaker and has a longer reload time (7 seconds). Well for one thing you get a lovely +10 Notoriety instead of the Schofield 's +6 (because it's harder to use). The Navy also has less recoil, this makes firing easier as you can see where you're putting your shots better. Other than the said disadvantages, this weapon is still a reliable 3 shot kill at close to mid range (with 48 damage close range chest shot). It's just one of the weapons you have to practice with in order for it to be good. But once get hang of it, it will become your favorite. You can only get this weapon from spawn. 
You should ask how is it possible to load cap and ball revolver with the cartridge.Well it is because after civil War most of these percussion revolvers were converted into 38 special caliber either center or rim fire. So Fistful of Frags is pretty realistic. 
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Colt 1851 Navy ExtraCategory:Pistols