the other holding Colt Model 1851 Navy revolver. (Library of Congress) Through the middle and late 1860s, despite rivalry from the likes of Remington and, later, Smith & Wesson, the Old Model Navy ...

The Model 1851 Navy was one of Colt’s most popular cap-and-ball ... Frames, hammers and rammers were color-casehardened; the rest of the gun was blued. Barrels were stamped “ADDRESS.

The “Colt Revolving Belt Pistol of Naval Caliber,” as the 1851 Navy was originally called, was Colt’s first practical revolver ... he selected the Third Model Navy, with its round trigger ...

the Model 1851 Navy was so-called because of the naval battle scene engraved on its cylinder. It was the first full-size Colt revolver that you could get out of a holster quickly, and his first ...

On October 26, 1881, shots rang out at the O.K. Corral. Within the first 30 seconds of the shootout, three members of the Clanton gang were killed. Men on both sides, including Wyatt Earp, Doc ...

A steel engraving of Samuel Colt with a Colt 1851 Navy Revolver. Colt’s invention was a revolutionary one; however, it was met with hesitation and disinterest. While a revolver would allow a ...

The backstrap of the Colt Fourth Model 1851 Navy Revolver reads, “To John C. Hays, with Compliments of Col. Colt.” “This is the first time both of these Colt presentation revolvers — each ...

The guerrilla's principal weapon was the .36 caliber 1851 Navy Colt revolver. This gun was named for its inventor, Samuel Colt, a native of Hartford, Connecticut, who as a young man designed the ...