#Mount and blade cowboy mod serial#

The fixed cylinder pin also meant that the barrel had to be removed to remove the cylinder, unlike the Model 1858, which only required removal of the cylinder retaining pin.ДЄrmy 1860 7.5-inch barrel serial no. This made the gun slimmer and lighter than its main competitor, the Remington Model 1858, but with a possible loss of strength. Instead, its strength came from the lower frame and the massive fixed cylinder pin. The frame, hammer, and rammer lever were case-hardened, the remainder blued grips were of one-piece walnut and the trigger guard and front grip strap were of brass while the backstrap was blued.' ДЄ distinguishing feature of the Model 1860 was that its frame had no top strap, or no component running above the cylinder. The barrel was rounded and smoothed into the frame, as was the 1861 Navy Model. The unfluted cylinder was 'rebated', meaning that the rear of the cylinder was turned to a smaller diameter than the front. When fired, balls had a muzzle velocity of about 900 feet per second (274 meters/second), although this depended on how much powder it was loaded with.

The percussion cap, when struck by the hammer, ignited the powder charge. It had a six-shot, rotating cylinder, and fired a 0.454-inch-diameter (11.5В mm) round spherical lead ball, or a conical-tipped bullet, typically propelled by a 30-grain charge of black powder, which was ignited by a small copper percussion cap that contained a volatile charge of fulminate of mercury (a substance that explodes upon being subjected to a sharp impact). 44-caliber вЂњArmy' Model was the most widely used revolver of the Civil War. The rear sight was a notch in the hammer, only usable when the revolver was fully cocked. The firearm was a single-action, six-shot revolver accurate from 75 up to 100 yards, where the fixed sights were typically set when manufactured. Colt's biggest customer was the US Government with no less than 129,730 units being purchased and issued to the troops. More than 200,000 were manufactured from 1860 through 1873. Another distinguishing feature of the Colt 1860 Army, first introduced on the Colt 1855 Sidehammer Revolver, is the 'creeping' loading lever. 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. The frame is relieved to allow the use of a rebated cylinder that enables the Army to be chambered in. The Colt 1860 Army uses the same size frame as the. It was used as a side arm by cavalry, infantry, artillery troops, and naval forces. 44-caliber single-action revolver used during the American Civil War made by Colt's Manufacturing Company. The Colt Army Model 1860 is a cap & ball. 44 caliber round and conical ball ( paper cartridge).

Mount and blade cowboy mod