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Richardson, Jeffrey.

Colt the revolver of the American West / Jeffrey Richardson.

Revolver of the American West

New York : Rizzoli, 2013.

280 pages : color illustrations ; 25 x 30 cm.

Books and Serials

Colt revolver--History.

Revolvers--United States--History.

Colt firearms--History.

Firearms--United States--History.

All objects in this book are from the collection of the Autry Museum of the American West.

With printed index of Autry object numbers.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 278-279).

Prototype Colt revolver -- Cased no. 1 pocket model -- No. 1 model ring lever revolving rifle -- Cased no. 2 belt model -- Cased no. 3 belt model -- Model 1839 revolving shotgun -- Cased no. 5 holster model pair -- Model 1839 revolving carbine pistol -- Cased Ehlers fifth model -- Military Walker model -- Civilian Walker model -- Modern Walker model pair with gold inlay -- Cutaway second model dragoon -- Engraved third model dragoon -- Experimental third model dragoon -- Cold superintendent E.K. Root’s cased presentation third model dragoon -- Modern third model dragoon pair with gold inlay -- Prototype ”Wells Fargo” model 1849 pocket -- Italian Nationalist leader Giuseppe Garibaldi’s cased presentation model 1849 pocket with gold inlay -- London model 1849 pocket -- Cutaway model 1849 pocket -- Experimental double action Brevete pocket model -- Presentation model 1851 Navy with Johnson-Holbrook shoulder stock device -- Model 1851 Navy with gold inlay -- Cased London model 1851 Navy -- Cold superintendent E.K. Root’s cased presentation model 1851 Navy -- Kansas territorial governor Robert J. Walker’s presentation model 1851 Navy -- Model 1851 Navy with canteen shoulder stock -- Alabama governor Andrew B. Moore’s presentation model 1851 Navy -- Experimental prototype model 1855 sidehammer pocket -- Colt distributer J.I. Spies’s cased presentation model 1855 sidehammer pocket with charter oak grips -- Cutaway model 1855 sidehammer pocket -- Model 1855 half stock revolving sporting rifle -- Colonel Charles A. May’s cased presentation model 1860 Army pair with shoulder stock -- Actor William S. Hart’s model 1860 Army -- Engraved model 1860 army -- Military Telegraph Corps supervisor Edward S. Sanford’s presentation model 1861 Navy -- Cased model 1861 Navy -- Banker William H. Cox’s cased presentation model 1861 Navy -- Prototype ”trapper’s” model 1862 police -- Captain H.A. Brigham’s cased presentation model 1862 police with book casing -- Cased model 1862 police -- Experimental conversion of the model 1860 Army -- Puerto Rican governor José Laureano Sanz’s cased presentation Thuer conversion of the model 1860 Army -- Richards conversion of the model 1860 Army -- Field conversion of the model 1861 Navy -- Captain Cyrus McKneeley Scott’s presentation model 1862 police and pocket Navy conversion with ”Tiffany” grips -- Model 1871-72 open top frontier with ”Tiffany” grips -- Model gun for the new line .38 caliber -- The first single action Army model -- Experimental single action Army model -- Wild West showman Pawnee Bill’s single action Army model pair -- Cutaway single action Army model -- ”Buntline special” single action Army model -- ”Buntline special” single action Army model -- Trick roper Vicente Oropeza’s single action Army model -- Actor Paul Newman’s single action Army model pair -- Lawman Wyatt Earp’s single action Army model -- Tombstone mayor John Clum’s single action Army model -- Actor Clayton Moore’s single action Army model -- President Theodore Roosevelt’s single action Army model -- Night Hawk’s cased presentation single action Army model -- Outlaw Kid Curry’s single action Army model -- Dodge City cowboy band director Jack Sinclair’s presentation single action Army model -- Actor Buck Jones’s single action Army model -- Outlaw Emmett Dalton’s single action Army model -- Saddlemaker Edward H. Bohlin’s cased Bisley model single action Army -- Actor Leo Carrillo’s single action Army model -- Wild West performer Buck Taylor’s single action Army model -- Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa’s Bisley model single action Army -- more

TS 537 .R53 2013

Autry Library Collection