It was used as a side arm by cavalry infantry artillery troops and naval forces.
Colt 44 cap and ball revolver.
Built like a tank and with more powder capacity than the colt or remington army 44s the ruger old army revolver is the author s recommendation for cap and ball personal protection.
Limited edition of only 100 introduced in 2006.
The colt army model 1860 is a cap ball 44 caliber single action revolver used during the american civil war made by colt s manufacturing company.
Colt first referred to this revolver as the ranger size model and then revolving belt but the designation navy.
The colt revolving belt pistol or navy pistol sometimes erroneously referred to as of naval or navy caliber naval is heavy gun and navy size caliber was termed later for another colt model is a cap and ball revolver that was designed by samuel colt between 1847 and 1850.
And issued by america remembers.
Model 1847 walker cap ball revolver mfg.
The 35 navy models generally use from 18 21 grains of ffg or the same volume of pyrodex from a measure as the actual weights are different that real black powder the 44 colt and remington can.
On a final note carrying any gun is a waste of time unless you can use it.
By the colt blackpowder arms co.
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