19th Century Precision

[neal]

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This is the latest addition to my collection, although not original it is an exact reproduction of an 1836 "Texas" or Belt model Colt revolver. This was the first practical revolver and is an example of the new American method of precision manufacturing of completely interchangeable parts.

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[Ernstblofeld]

Great picture! It looks like 3D. And the colours are nice too. Ken Rockwell likened (rightly) his M7 to a Sig Sauer gun. You confirm the connection to firearms.

Best regards

Ernstblofeld

[pauledell]

Neal,

 

An excellent picture that would be worthy to be published in a gun collector publication. It looks like the revolver is in fine condition.

 

Paul

[stuny]

Neal -

 

Lovely subject, wonderfully photographed.

[lanetomlane]

I don't know anything about guns do I do know this is a great image.

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Regards, Tom

[RPS]

Neal,

 

Excellent image.

 

I'm curious ... can you explain the purpose of the tool shown below the revolver?

[neal]

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When Sam Colt first designed his revolver he hadn't thought of the built in loading lever. To load the first model Paterson Colts one has to first remove the barrel then this tool is used to ram the ball into the individual chambers, the gun is then re-assembled and ready to fire, in 1839 Sam invented the attached loading lever.

[daveleo]

a very beautiful photograph.

you did justice to the "machine" and its holster.

 

now for my dumb question . . . where is the trigger ?

do you fire simply by pulling back and releasing the hammer? ?

[neal]

AAAhh, Sam was tricky, the trigger folds up. It pops down when the hammer is cocked. This gun is so over engineered you would think it was designed in Germany not the United States, later colts were much more simple in design.

[neal]

Same pistol but with some additional accessories;

The ball mold and its unique 5 spouted charging flask.

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[Bill Allsopp]

Wonderful pictures of, what seems to me to be, the Leica of the gun world.

[epand56]

To load the first model Paterson Colts one has to first remove the barrel then this tool is used to ram the ball into the individual chambers, the gun is then re-assembled and ready to fire.

 

This means that when you've shot your six, you need a week to re-charge the gun...

Nice picture, very neat and sharp. Seen like this, guns almost look harmless.

[neal]

Actually this first sixshooter was a fiveshooter. Oh and without a person behind it a firearm is just an inanimate lump of metal and is fairly harmless by itself.