Colt Model 1851 Navy Revolver

Colt's Manufacturing · Revolver · Out Of Production · 1850

Weight (empty)1190 g (42.0 oz)
Overall Length330 mm (12.99")
Barrel Length190 mm (7.48")
Height140 mm (5.51")
Width45 mm (1.77")
Magazine Capacity6 rounds
Firing MechanismSingle Action
Muzzle Velocity305 m/s (1001 fps)
Muzzle Energy240 J (177 ft·lbf)
Effective Range45 m (49 yd)
Frame MaterialSteel

Primary Caliber: .36 Caliber Round Ball (Percussion)

The Colt Model 1851 Navy Revolver is a percussion cap-and-ball, single-action revolver designed by Samuel Colt and produced at the Colt's Patent Fire-Arms Manufacturing Company in Hartford, Connecticut between 1850 and 1873. Chambered for a nominal .36 caliber round ball seated over loose black powder with percussion caps providing ignition, it feeds from a six-shot revolving cylinder that is loaded individually at the front of each chamber via an integral rammer (loading lever) beneath the octa...

Country of Origin: United States

Designer: Samuel Colt