1851 Colt Navy Revolver

The 1851 Colt Navy six-shot revolver was the iconic hand gun of mid-nineteenth century America. It was originally developed as an U.S. Navy officer’s side arm and, with various revisions, was used by the army as well as civilians and law enforcement in the civil war and the western migration. The navy model of 1851 used .36 calibre ammunition while later models were made or adapted to several other calibres.