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RARE CAW: Colt M1860 Full Fluted Cylinder Army Model 7.5in Barrel with Real Wood Grips and Matching Serial Numbers : 987 Full Colt Markings
This is a superb replica of the Colt M1860 Army Fluted Cylinder 7.5in revolver (heavyweight) made by CAW Superb weight and feel !! Matching Serial numbers : 987 Full Colt Markings In new condition / unfired Made from heavyweight abs & zinc alloy parts, brass back-strap Weight : 1.049g Barrel Length : 7.5in Very nicely detailed with fluted cylinder, Brass style trigger guard and front sight No visible makers name, only COLT Open Barrel for venting Strips down like the real thing ! Photos above of the revolver for sale....Be quick !! UK Customers: This is VCRA Exempt. Includes original box, original instructions, 1x tin (12) Percussion containers (take 1x 5mm PFC Primer cap) 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! 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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