The Colt Model 1861 Navy cap & ball .36-caliber revolver was a six-shot single-action percussion weapon produced by Colt’s Manufacturing Company from 1861 until 1873. It incorporated the creeping or ratchet loading lever and round barrel of the .44-caliber Army Model of 1860 but had a barrel one half inch shorter at 7.5 inches.
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