The Model 1851 Navy was one of Colt’s most popular cap-and-ball “belt pistols,” and more than 250,000 were produced between 1851 and 1873. But approximately 42,000, bearing their own set of ...

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 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 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 ...

The town gave its name to Colt's first production revolver: "The Paterson ... including the Colt Dragoon, Colt 1851 Navy, Colt Army Model 1860, and Colt M1861 Navy. Although Samuel Colt died ...

Colt found iconic status in other avenues. General Patton was partial to Colt’s handguns and is known for carrying the single-action Colt revolver ... guns such as the Navy Mk 12 Special Purpose ...

such as the Colt Model 1848 Percussion Army Revolver designed for the Army's Mounted Rifles and Dragoon Regiments, and the lighter Colt 1851 Navy Revolver, of which 272,000 were produced and used ...