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Colt M1860 Army Percussion Revolver

with Real Wood Grips

This is a superb replica of the Colt M1860 Army percussion revolver (heavyweight)

In excellent condition, unfired.

Made from heavyweight abs & zinc alloy parts has a metal look and cold to the touch.

Weight approx : 710g

Barrel Length : 8in

Very nicely detailed with engraved cylinder,

Brass style trigger guard and front sight

No visible makers name,  only COLT

Open Barrel for venting

Strips down like the real thing !

UK Customers:  This is VCRA Exempt.

Includes original box/instructions, 6 percussion containers for which a 5mm cap fits in (for a loud bang!) PFC caps not included.  And 1 nipple tool remover.

We ship internationally.  Any questions please let us know:  sales@mg-props.co.uk

PFC Primer caps:    £9.50 per box  (1 box = 100 PFC caps)  These are needed to make the bang and smoke!

HWS:

Colt M1860 Army Percussion Revolver

with Real Wood Grips - Self Build Kit Version

Exactly as above only this is the self build kit version.

Tools required:  Screwdriver, hammer (for driving in some pins), stanley knife for removing some fixing burs. And glue just for fixing the front sight.  

Brief info on the COLT M1860.

Colt Model 1860 Army Revolver

The Model 1860 Army was the major sidearm in use by U.S. troops during the Civil War with over 127,000 Colt revolvers acquired by the Union government during the conflict.

It was used as a side arm by cavalry, infantry, artillery troops, and naval forces.

The Colt 1860 Army uses the same size frame as the .36 caliber 1851 navy revolver. The frame is relieved to allow the use of a rebated cylinder that enables the Army to be chambered in .44 caliber. The barrel on the 1860 Army has a forcing cone that is visibly shorter than that of the 1851 Navy, allowing the Army revolver to have a longer cylinder. Another distinguishing feature of the Colt 1860 Army, first introduced on the Colt 1855 sidehammer, is the "creeping" loading lever. More than 200,000 were manufactured from 1860 through 1873. Colt's biggest customer was the US Government with no less than 129,730[1] units being purchased and issued to the troops. The weapon was a single action, six-shot weapon accurate up to 75 to 100 yards, where the fixed sights were typically set when manufactured. The rear sight was a notch in the hammer, only usable when the revolver was fully cocked. The Colt .44-caliber “Army" Model was the most widely used revolver of the Civil War. It had a six-shot, rotating cylinder, and fired a 0.454-inch-diameter (11.5 mm) round spherical lead ball, or a conical-tipped bullit, typically propelled by a 30-grain charge of black powder, which was ignited by a small copper percussion cap that contained a volatile charge of fulminate of mercury (a substance that explodes upon being subjected to a sharp impact). The percussion cap, when struck by the hammer, ignited the powder charge. When fired, balls had a muzzle velocity of about 900 feet per second (274 meters/second), although this depended on how much powder it was loaded with. The unfluted cylinder was "rebated", meaning that the rear of the cylinder was turned to a smaller diameter than the front. The barrel was rounded and smoothed into the frame, as was the Navy Model. The frame, hammer, and rammer lever were case hardend, the remainder blued; grips were of one-piece walnut; and the trigger guard and front grip strap were of brass while the backstrap was blued. A distinguishing feature of the Model 1860 was that its frame had no top strap, or no component running above the cylinder. Instead, its strength came from the lower frame and the massive fixed cylinder pin. This made the gun slimmer and lighter than its main competitor, the Remington 1858 army, but with a possible loss of strength. The fixed cylinder pin also meant that the barrel had to be removed to remove the cylinder, unlike the Model 1858, which only required removal of the cylinder retaining pin.
 

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