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2025年3月21日 · Colt shrewdly embellished his 1851 Navy model revolver with a roll-engraved battle scene between the Texas and Mexican navies. This helped promote sales in Texas. The ’51 Navy was a vast improvement over the heavy and somewhat cumbersome .44 Dragoons and the smallish, .31-bore ’49 Pockets. This was a practical-sized holster pistol!

With both ends of the spectrum covered, Colt now looked at what would turn out to be the first sixgun, which combined both power and portability, and would usher in the age of the gunfighter. That sixgun was the 1851 Navy .36. No, it was not as powerful as the Dragoons.

The Model 1851 Navy was Colt’s most popular percussion revolver. Nearly a quarter million of the iconic .36 caliber six-shot model were produced between 1850 and 1873. The term "Navy" refers to the caliber of the revolver, not necessarily the branch of service. The .44 caliber revolvers are called "Army" and .36 caliber revolvers are called "Navy."

In 1850 Samuel Colt introduced what would become his most successful large frame percussion revolver, a revolver that would be second only to his incredibly successful M-1849 Pocket Model in sales of all percussion handguns.

With the conclusion of the Civil War the M1851 Navy revolver was considered obsolete and removed from service, with the larger .44 Model 1860 Army being available in more than sufficient supplies to arm the much smaller, peacetime army.

One of the most sought-after pistols in history, the 1851 Navy was used by some of American History’s most notable servicemen, lawmen, outlaws, and exhibitionists. When loaded to the established standard, the muzzle energy is roughly equivalent in power to a modern .380 Automatic Colt Pistol round.

Here we present an antique Colt Model 1851 Navy Revolver, made at the start of the American Civil War in 1863 in Hartford, Connecticut. The 1851 Navy was one of Colt’s most famous and successful lines, reaching a production total of 257,348 from 1850 to 1873 (right up to the time of SAA production) from both Hartford and London factories.

Original Item: Only One Available. The Colt Navy Model 1851 Percussion Revolver in .36 caliber was widely used by both sides in the U.S. Civil War. The Colt Revolving Belt Pistol of Naval Caliber (i.e., .36 cal), later known as the Colt 1851 Navy or Navy Revolver, is a cap and ball revolver that was designed by Samuel Colt between 1847 and 1850.

コルト M1851 ネイビー はアメリカの銃器メーカーである コルト社 が 1851年 に発売した パーカッションロック式 シングルアクション リボルバー である。 コルト社は 1848年 に.44口径という大口径のパーカッション式リボルバーである コルトM1848 （通称コルト・ドラグーン）を開発し、 アメリカ陸軍 の制式拳銃に採用された。 1847年から1850年にかけ、サミュエル・コルトはM1848を.36口径として小型軽量化した銃の設計に着手し、 1851年 にはM1851を開発 …