The Model 1860 Colts remained in cavalry service in the post-war period up to the adoption of the .45-cal. Colt Single Action Army revolver in 1873. In this article ...

Between 1860 and 1862, the Remington factory manufactured 2,000 to 3,000 .44-cal. and 15,000 .36-cal. Beals revolvers. The barrel threads on the Beals revolvers are entirely concealed by the solid ...

United States Colt Model 1860 Army revolver, .44 caliber. General History The Colt Model 1860 army revolver was manufactured from 1860 through 1873. The total production consisted of more than 200,000 ...

Torpedoes, Revolvers, ... (It didn’t see much use in the Civil War, ... the LeMat was mostly pushed aside in favor of the much lighter Colt 1860. 6. Up, up, ...

Jesse James lived by the revolver, ... The 1860 Army Colt shot .44 caliber bullets, ... There, 16-year-old James took part in one of the worst atrocities of the Civil War.

A Civil War-era revolver that belonged to Pvt. Daniel S. Yohn, a member of the famed First Defenders, is on display at the Berks History Center, 940 Centre Ave.

A revolver worn by Confederate States of America President Jefferson Davis on the day of his surrender fetched a pretty penny at an auction Saturday, which, by the time the final item sold ...

The Ashton Model 1842 was a single-shot percussion-based pistol. It was one of the older guns in use during the Civil War and not as effective as its counterparts like the revolver.

The .36-caliber Spiller & Burr Revolver Stolen in 1975 (CBS/WTVR) RICHMOND, Va. (CBS/WTVR/AP) A Civil War revolver that was stolen 35 years ago from the Museum of the Confederacy has turned up again.

Not long after the Battle of Chancellorsville, Confederate Maj. Gen. J. E. B. Stuart received this English-made Tranter revolver from Maj. Heroes Von Borcke, a Prussian officer who served as Stuart's ...