A measured amount of black powder is poured into a chamber. Next a lead ball is placed at the opening of the chamber and seated by firmly pressing it in with the pivoting loading lever which is attached beneath the barrel of the revolver.
For sealing each chamber, an oversize 0. Cap and ball shooters also often place a lubricated wad between balls and powder, or, alternatively, pack lard or a commercially-sold bore lubricant at the mouth of each chamber in an attempt to prevent powder in an adjacent chamber from being ignited by when the gun is fired, which is known as a chainfire.
When the Colt Model was used by 19th century soldiers, they most often loaded the gun using paper cartridges. These cartridges consisted of a pre-measured load of black powder and a ball, wrapped in nitrated paper paper that had been soaked in potassium nitrate and then dried, to make it more flammable. To load each chamber, one only had to slip the cartridge into the front of the chamber and seat the ball with the loading lever ram.
Then a percussion cap was placed onto the raised aperture, called a nipple, at the back end of the chamber. This was rather expensive during the s, both for the United States Army and private citizens. The Colt 'Army' revolver is to be distinguished from the Colt 'Navy' revolver of which there were two models, the octagonal barrel Model Navy, and the round-barreled Model Navy, both Navy models being in the smaller. Replica Navy revolvers sold today are often sold in the historically incorrect.
From to ,. Russia purchased more M pistols than any other country besides the U. May , Colt Imported into the U. Very few made it to U. Colt Commercial Production: Govt. Model: to Some special orders made for military or military contractors. These are as follows:. Comments, suggestions, contributions?
Let me know. M Site Search. This pistol would have been slated to ship with other pistols January 15th, to the Commanding Officer at Benicia Arsenal. This had been Colt's policy since the 's. Duplicate serial numbered and rejected military pistols were often renumbered and converted to Government Model pistols.
Otto Kuhrt, Colt's chief inspector was rejecting military receivers, slides and barrels for insignificant reasons which were then used for the production of commercial and British contract pistols. After this was discovered the ordnance department prohibited Colt from scrapping any military components.
It features Colt's high polish finish with fire blue small parts. Garrison on April 16th, As of this writing no information is known for George H. Skinner's Personal Government Model which can bee seen here. William C. Special Remarks on the factory letter state: It is of interest to note that Col.
Skinner served as president of the Colt Company from to , was Chairman of the Board from to , and was again president of the company from to After graduation from the Malone High School. Skinner would travel to Hartford in and enrolled into the Trinity College which he graduated from in Later in life he would serve on the executive committee and as a Trustee.
Post graduation he would then spend a few years at the Albany Law School. He would marry Florence Roberts on October 25th, and they would ultimately have three children. On January 5th, he was elected president of Colt to succeed the late Lewis C.
He would resign on January 1st, to regain the Vice President chair and Chairman of the board. Charles Robinson succeeded him as president but passed July 6th, and Colonel Skinner was called again to the direct the company. He would hold the president position again until he resigned on May 19th, Governments demands on production for the late war effort.
Skinner was actively in charge of the affairs of Colt during the war and the strain placed upon him by this responsibility would tax his physical strength and and mental nerves.
His two sons and son-in-law were in active service during the war but this was not realized by him until the war had ended resulting in a nervous breakdown. He never truly recovered from this and his health would continue to degrade over time. Skinner passed away at the age of 67 in and was still serving as the Chairman of the Board of Directors at the time. William Converse Skinner was the man at Colt who was responsible for working with Browning for the adoption of the M pistol for the U.
It's said that the M changed the outcome of WWI because of it's ability to quickly reload and the use of the large caliber. Without Col. Skinner at the helm of Colt during this period the outcome of the war may have been very different. Garrison which can be seen here. Skinner's Personal Officers Model from can be seen here. Brown in Quebec, Canada on November 14th, in a 1, gun shipment. Wesley Allison in Waddington, New York. The subsequent 3, additional pistols were shipped through H.
The worn areas have some minor discoloration from oxidation. The action shows operational wear. The screw heads are tool marked with strong slots. The markings are clear. Overall, this pistol is in about Very Good condition. Mechanics: The action functions correctly. The trigger pull is crisp and the slide has little play to the frame.
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