Boxed Set: Revolver, Colt Navy Model 1851 [London]

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Boxed Set: Revolver, Colt Navy Model 1851 [London]

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Revolver, Colt Navy Model 1851 [London].

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NameBoxed Set: Revolver, Colt Navy Model 1851 [London]

ProductionSamuel Colt; armorer; 1853-1856; London

Classificationrevolvers, firearms

Registration NumberDM000119/1-4

Credit lineGift of the Wellington City Council, 1929

Overview

Percussion revolver, Colt 'Navy' Model 1851,Calibre .36.

In 1853 Samuel Colt established a factory in London which produced thousands of examples of this model for the British forces in the Crimean War. The London factory closed in 1856.