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Weapons
Weapons
American Civil War
Firearms ➔ Revolver, Model 1861 Colt Army
Identifier:
36945Description:
Iron and wood 6 shot revolver. "-address Col. Same Colt US America" stamped on barrel. "Colts Patent NO 2907, PAT SBPT 10 1850" on cylinder. "62907" is stamped 4 times, located on handle, trigger, and barrel.;The Colt .44-caliber“Army" Model was one of the most widely-used revolvers of the Civil War;"-address Col. Same Colt US America" stamped on barrel. "Colts Patent NO 2907, PAT SBPT 10 1850" on cylinder. "62907" is stamped 4 times, located on handle, trigger, and barrel.;More than 200,000 were manufactured from 1860 through 1873. Colt's biggest customer was the US Government with over 127,000 units being purchased and issued to the troops.
Date:
circa 1860Materials:
Iron, WoodDimensions:
3.75" h 2" w 14" dCurrent Location Status:
In StorageCollection Tier:
Tier 2Source:
Museum PurchaseRelated Entities:
James Travis (donor) Colt's Manufacturing, LLC (creator)Alternate names: Colt, Colt's Arms Company, Colt's Fire Arms Manufacturing Company, Colt's Patent Fire Arms Manufacturing Company, Colts Pt. F. A. Manufacturing Company, Samuel Colt's Arms Company
Samuel Colt asserted his vision for the revolver came to him in 1831, when, as a seventeen year old seaman, he observed that a ship's wheel had spokes that lined up with compass points. He then had a vision for a gun with a spinning cylinder that would lock into place with the simple action of cocking a hammer. He would patent the design in Great Britain in 1835, and the United States in 1836. The revolver design gave birth to the Peacemaker, "The Gun that Won the West." Colt would succeed the Peacemaker with the 1911, the Cobra Revolver and the M16 among others. The company remains in business, producing handguns over 180 years after the first revolver was patented.
Sources: https://www.americanheritage.com/army-colt#
https://www.colt.com/timeline