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**QUALITY**Italian Colt Navy Model 1851 .36 Naval Calibre Cap & Ball 6 Shot Percussion Revolver Imported Into USA by Hawes Firearms Co. Los Angeles California With Colour Case Hardened Action, Hammer & Loading Lever. Sn 22643:28 - 22643:28 The Colt Model 1851 Navy cap & ball .36 Naval calibre revolver was a six-shot, single-action cap & ball percussion weapon produced by Colt's Manufacturing Company. It saw widespread use in the American Civil War and on the American Western frontier. The Colt design lives on today in the form of quality live firing replica firearms from Italian manufacturers such as Uberti, Pietta, and Euroarms. This quality example of the 1851 Navy, revolver is in excellent condition. The revolver has a 7 ½” octagonal steel barrel and measures 13" overall. The top barrel flat is stamped by the importer ‘Hawes Firearms Co. Los Angeles Calif’. The right side of the barrel is crisply stamped 'Black Powder Only’ and the left '.36 Cal Navy Model'. The metal work has Italian proof inspection marks and it has a brass grip frame. The pistol has a blued barrel and cylinder, attractive colour case hardened action, hammer & loading lever. The cylinder has the crisp Naval Battle scene and inscription ‘Engaged 16 May 1848’ as found on period Colt Navy revolvers. Its wood grip is undamaged. The pistol is serial number ‘28220’. The pistol’s single action firing mechanism works crisply. The price for this quality piece includes deactivation certificate & UK delivery. Sn 22643:28
£525.00
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