The most obvious changes involved various methods of replacing the percussion cylinder and hammer with parts designed ... to a standard Colt 1860 Army cap-and-ball revolver (inset, l.), ...

1860 Army – two of the most prominent ... formed the basis for an entirely new cartridge revolver that didn’t rely on any previous Colt parts. Thus, the Colt 1871-72 Open Top was born.

In July 1873, the Army adopted the Colt and ordered 8,000 revolvers, along with a substantial run of 3,000 Smith & Wesson Model 3s, to replace its obsolete Colt 1860 Army Percussion revolvers.

NASHVILLE -- The Colt Model 1860 Army Revolver may be a prevalent Civil War weapon, but the one Gene Ferguson carried onto the set of NRA Gun Gurushad a back story like no other. As the cameras ...

Jesse James lived by the revolver ... Samuel Colt died only a year into the Civil War, but his company continued to produce new, deadlier models. The 1860 Army Colt shot .44 caliber bullets ...