Welcome to in the present day’s Photograph of the Day! I noticed that Rock Island Public sale Firm revealed a put up entitled The 7 Most Sought-After Civil Struggle Weapons. We figured we might share since it’s a very properly executed article masking a complete host of weapons we have now checked out briefly right here on our POTD session. But once more we’re diving right into a Civil Struggle-era icon, the Colt 1851 Navy percussion revolver. The Colt 1851 was Colt’s actual massive win since its introduction of the Colt Paterson revolver. It was a beloved sidearm for lawmen and outlaws alike. It was nonetheless additionally present in Civil Struggle battlefields. A standard downside with these revolvers was cap jamming the place the percussion cap turns into jammed within the rotating mechanism of the revolver.
“Manufactured in 1857. Notes supplied by the consignor attribute the weapon as a household heirloom carried by an unnamed ancestor who was a Civil Struggle soldier. Silver blade entrance and hammer notch rear sights, with “-ADDRESS COL. SAML COLT NEW-YORK U.S. AMERICA-” on high of the barrel, “COLTS/PATENT/U.S.” on the left aspect of the body, and the “Texas Navy” scene on the cylinder. Matching numbers are current on the barrel, body, grip body, loading lever, wedge, cylinder pin and cylinder. Fitted with a clean walnut grip. Included with the revolver is a brown leather-based belt, a brown leather-based “J.A. BAKER/NEW.YORK” cap field (accommodates a variety of lead bullets) and a brown leather-based cross-draw holster with no seen maker’s marks.”
Springfield Mannequin 1861 Rifled Musket. (2019). Rock Island Public sale Firm. {photograph}. Retrieved April 12, 2022, from https://www.rockislandauction.com/riac-blog/7-best-civil-war-guns?msclkid=a94e2739aa2011eca205ffa082614340.