Original U.S. Civil War Colt Model 1860 Army Four Screw Revolver Manufactured in 1861 - Matching Serial No 14668 Blunderbuss 1) Barleycorn on block front

1) Barleycorn on block front sight

removable section containing two removable round 6”x 7” high white enameled lidded containers and a 6” x8” hot plate

Previous examples were always badly deteriorated and too stiff to bend without breaking

Navy from 1946 to 1973

adopted the Swiss gun a short time later and these came to be known as the Model 1870 "Italian Vetterli"

Original U.S. Civil War Colt Model 1860 Army Four Screw Revolver Manufactured in 1861 - Matching Serial No 14668 Blunderbuss 1) Barleycorn on block frontOriginal Item: Only One Available. This handsome factory nickle plate percussion cap and ball sidearm is an early, original Civil War Model 1860 Army revolver in excellent condition overall. The Colt specimen is one of some 200,000 M1860 Army revolvers made from 1860 through 1873 and was the successor type to the larger Colt Third Model Dragoon horse pistol. The government issued Colt Army 44 was the major sidearm in use by US troops during the Civil