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Colt Model 1851 Navy Percussion Revolver, serial no. 2
Manufacturer Samuel Colt (American, Hartford, Connecticut 1814–1862)
Engraver Engraving attributed to Joseph Delany
1850
- Medium
- Steel, brass, silver, wood (walnut)
- Classification
- Firearms-Pistols-Revolvers
- Dimensions
- L. of barrel 7 1/2 in. (19.05 cm); Cal. .38 in. (10 mm)
- Culture
- American, Hartford, Connecticut
- Museum
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Arms and Armor
- Credit line
- Gift of John E. Parsons, 1968
- Rights
- Public domain (Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
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