TITLE: Colt Model 1860 Army Revolver
MAKER: Colt’s Patent Firearms Manufacturing Company
MADE IN: Hartford, CT
CALIBER: .450 Caliber
DATE: 1862
DIMENSIONS: Barrel: 9 ½” Length: 14” Height: 5 ½”
INSCRIPTION: Serial Number 5560 / Barrels: ALEX R HENRY, EDINBURGH AND LONDON / MAKER TO THEIR ROYAL HIGHNESS’ THE PRINCE OF WALES AND DUKE OF EDINBURGH.
CREDIT LINE: Guns from the Browning-Cowan Family
OBJECT ID: 986-12-080
Delivered by Samuel Colt himself, Colt’s revolvers were first used by the military in warfare against the Seminoles in Florida in 1838. Their popularity brought them into the conflicts on the western front, where the new technology—repeating firearms—were used against Plains Indians.