CAVALRY Uniform Button & CIVIL WAR COLT 1860 ARMY .44 Caliber Cavalry Revolver by Samuel Colt Made 1863

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CAVALRY Uniform Button & CIVIL WAR COLT 1860 ARMY

.44 Caliber Cavalry Revolver by Samuel Colt Made 1863

Here we present an antique Colt Model 1860 Army Percussion Revolver, made in 1863 in Hartford, Connecticut, with an Original Union Cavalry Uniform Button. The 1860 Army was the single most used pistol of the American Civil War. Over 200,000 were made from 1860 to 1873, and 156,000 of those were made by the end of the war in 1865. These were excellent sidearms for officers, cavalry, infantry, and artillery troops. The 1860 Army was Samuel Colt’s finest achievement to that point, having finally developed a large caliber revolver that weighed about 2 lbs. 10 oz. to the famous Dragoon’s 4 lbs. 4 oz., and was adopted en masse by the U.S. government with huge contracts. The revolver was well balanced in hand and had a long enough barrel to be effective when utilized as a carbine with the attachable shoulder stock. This revolver represented unprecedented firepower from a handgun in the field at the time and was especially suited to Cavalry. The Confederacy, lacking in manufacturing capabilities though they were, managed to produce limited numbers of copies, and battlefield pickups of the 1860 Army were highly coveted. The 1860 Army went on to serve the U.S. military even after the Civil War and into the Indian Wars, until production of Colt’s 1873 Single Action Army created new waves in the revolver market, and again achieved great success in the military and commercial markets.

This one includes an original Union Cavalry uniform button by Waterbury Scovill Mfg. Co. to display with this fantastic historical relic.

The overall condition is good. The iron parts have a gray patina. The markings are legible. The numbers match. The trigger guard has been re-stamped at some point. The walnut grips saw some loss around the front grip frame long ago and the edges have worn smooth with use. The bore is in good shape with sharp rifling. The action is good and functional and indexes well. Here is a great set of a Colt 1860 cavalry pistol and cavalry uniform button!

Own the original! This is a legitimate antique and not a reproduction.

Barrel is 8 inches.

Caliber: .44 Percussion

Overall condition as seen in photos.

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$2450
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