Revolver civil war Army 1860 grey Denix

Revolver civil war Army 1860 grey Denix

Civil War USA revolver manufactured by S. Colt, 1856

This Army Model 1860 revolver was a muzzle-loaded cap and ball .44-caliber revolver used during the American Civil War. It was favored as a side by cavalry, infantry, and artillery troops.

The revolver 1860 Army uses the same size frame as the .36 caliber 1851 Navy revolver. The frame is relieved to allow the use of a caliber. Also, the barrel on the 1860 Army has a forcing cone that is visibly shorter than that of the 1851 Navy, allowing the Army revolver to have a longer cylinder. A major distinguishing feature introduced with the 1860 revolver was the "creeping" loading lever. This arrangement employs an interface between getting up and barrel and ideally, preventing it from dropping and tying up the revolver if it should recoil loose from the barrel catch during firing.

More than 200,000 were manufactured from 1860 through 1873, which is the largest customer of the US Government with over 127,000 units being sold and issued to the troops. The weapon was a single-action, six-shot weapon accurate up to 75 to 100 yards, where the fixed sights were typically set when manufactured. The rear sight was a notch in the hammer, clearly visible only when the revolver was cocked.

The revolver .44-caliber "Army" Model was one of the most widely-used revolvers of the Civil War.It had a six-shot, rotating cylinder, and fired a 0.454-inch diameter round lead ball, or a conical projectile, that was propelled by a 30 grit charge of black powder ignited by a copper percussion cap that contained a volatile charge of fulminate of mercury (a substance that explodes upon impact) .The cap percussion, when struck by the hammer, ignited the powder charge. When fired, balls had a velocity of about 900 feet per second.

Dimensions: 37 cm
Weight: 1,120 g

Copy caution, non-functional.