Colt 1851 Navy Revolver it was quite antiquated compared to the Russians' Smith & Wesson Model 3. Fictional movie character The Man With No Name also used a Navy conversion in "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly". Colt 1851 Navy Revolver 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. Colt first called this Revolver the Ranger model; but the designation Navy quickly took over. After the Civil War, revolvers using fixed metallic cartridges came
Colt Open Top Pocket Model Revolver them by 1877. The Open Top Pocket Model was chambered in .22 Short and .22 Long, both using black powder as the propellant. It was equipped with a 7-shot non-fluted cylinder and two different barrel lengths: 2-3/8″ and 2-7/8″. NOTE: It is highly questionable that modern .22 ammunition would be safe to use in antique firearms. Colt Open Top Pocket Model Revolver The Colt Open Top Pocket Model Revolver was a single action pocket revolver introduced by the Colt's Patent Fire Arms Manufacturing Company in 1871. Introduced a year before the Colt Open Top (a model from 1872) and two