Serial Number: 121112 Working Order: Firearm has not been tested Background Check: Not Required Keywords: Firearms, Guns Ref: BD1040Īs the factory designation implied, the Navy revolver was suitably sized for carrying in a belt holster. Both serial numbers are registered and reflect the 1862 production date. Serial number 129912 is stamped on the barrel assembly and grip frame. The frame, hammer and loading lever were case-hardened while the grip frame was all brass.

The blued cylinder of this revolver is engraved with a scene of the victory of the Second Texas Navy over Mexico at the Battle of Campeche on May 16, 1843. Sighting consists of a tapered brass cone front sight pressed into the muzzle end of the top barrel flat with a notch in the top of the hammer, as with most Colt percussion revolvers. The barrel is roll-stamped with the one-line Sam Colt address and is stamped, on the left side of the frame, with “Colt Patent”. 36 conical bullet, round ball or a combustible paper cartridge.

Colt Revolving Belt Pistol) has a 7 1/2” inch blued, octagon barrel and fired a. This first-year Colt “open-top” Model 1851 Navy (a.k.a. Antique Colt Model 1851 Navy Percussion Cap & Ball Revolver.

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