1851 Navy Colt

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that would be great. i have tons of texture material. as soon as i can settle on the di,emsions ill start designing.

[JT Fox]

Why is it "Navy"? Was it designed specifically for naval officers?

It would explain the long barrel, it would help give range and accuracy as ships tangled at close quarters.

Cheers JTF

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from what i can gather it was not designed specifficaly for the navy. however it was very popular with navy personel.

Why Navy?

I found this on the web; same information is in several places:

"The Colt 1851 Navy got its name from the roll stamped engraving on its cylinder that depicted the Republic of Texas Navy's 1843 victory over the Mexican fleet. The 1851 Navy was a sleek, six shot, .36 cal. revolver with a 7-1/2" octagon barrel, that found a hugely popular following with soldiers and civilians alike." This new pistol was quickly adopted by both the U.S. and British military. From the American frontier to British India, the 1851 Navy became the sidearm of choice worldwide."

I read somewhere that the engraving was Colt's identifying trademark; if it didn't have the engraving it was not Colt. That probably didn't matter to the CSA. As for the "long" barrel it was apparently shortened (to save weight) from a Dragoon pistol. I think these things were originally intended as Cavalry arms stuck in saddle holsters rather than as sidearms. Of course an expert could come along and tell me-justifiably-just how wrong I am.

Still looking-unsuccessfully-for specific measurements of individual parts.

Take care,
Bill

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well actually if it is a 71/2 in barrel i can make that work. im going to make this one break open and have the plunger loader work. i can put the barrel into pep to get a scale and the rest will follow. now if i can find some sharp picks of the stamp....

Great. I'm glad you are going to give it a try. I was about to suggest that you consider an earlier model-1847 Walker Colt, 44 cal with 9 inch barrel and 4.5 lbs, otherwise very similar to 1851-because I found measured drawing for sale on eBay, price a bit high, well, more than a bit for my 1950 mindset. Anyway here's the link in case you want to check it out:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Colt-WALKER-Revo...3286.m20.l1116

Also I found a nice picture of a Walker here:
http://www.juliaauctions.com/press_r...rg/33312x2.jpg

The strange thing about this photo is that the gun has a locking loading lever and all of the other Walkers I have found had a simple rounded lever with no lock.

Anyway good luck.

Bill

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i think ill stick with the 1851 as i allready started.
and i spent a lotta time gathering references for this one.

[JT Fox]

That's the all my pocket money spent going forward then.

Cheers JTF

[Azguy]

I own a 1851 Colt Navy replica, Wyatt Earp special (12 inch barrel)

So if anybody needs dimensions or images, I might be able to help


(It's the bottom gun, btw, that's a 16 inch cutting mat it's overflowing)

[cgutzmer]

cool that could be really helpful!