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Details
Object Name

revolver (set)

Maker

Colt's Patent Fire Arms Manufacturing Company

Place Made

Hartford, CT

Date

1863

Materials

Steel body, ivory grips with carving of an American eagle in relief

Dimensions

Revolver: 13 in x 5 in x 1 1/2 in (33 cm x 12.7 cm x 3.8 cm)

Credit Line

Museum purchase

Object ID

87.54.1

Institution

Autry Museum of the American West

Category

Art and Artifacts


Remarks

Revolver with case and accessories, Colt Model 1851 Navy, .36 caliber, serial number 138824, made by Colt's Patent Fire Arms Manufacturing Company in Hartford, Connecticut, 1863. One of a pair presented to James Butler 'Wild Bill' Hickok in 1869 upon his election as Marshal of Hays City, Kansas. The Model 1851 Navy revolver was Colt's most popular medium caliber handgun during the percussion period. It was originally introduced in 1850 and manufactured through 1873.

Subject

firearms

Pictured

eagle

Used

Wild Bill Hickok

Publication

West-fever Brian W. Dippie ; introduction by James H. Nottage. page 21

Colt the revolver of the American West / Jeffrey Richardson. page 100

Autry Museum of Western Heritage.

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