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Identify Regulation and Secondary US Military Percussion Pistols of the Civil War
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M1860 Colt Army .44 caliber, CW Range through 153,000 |
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M1863 Starr S.A., .44 caliber, CW Range entire production, 32,000 made |
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New Model Army Remington .44 caliber, CW range through 125,000 |
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M1851 Colt Navy, .36 caliber, CW range through 180,000 |
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M1858 Starr DA Army, .44 caliber, CW range entire production, 23,000 made |
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Savage Navy, 36 caliber, CW range through 20,000 |
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Rogers and Spencer Army Revolver, .44, CW contract 5,800, but delivered after the war |
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C.S. Pettengil Army .44 caliber hammerless, CW range entire 3,400 |
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Metropolitan Arms Navy, .36 caliber, CW range through 6000 |
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Wesson & Leavitt Dragoon. .40 caliber, 800 made, c.1850-1851 |
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Colt Model 1855 Sidehammer Pocket Pistol, (Root) .28-.31 caliber, CW range 35,000 |
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M1862 Colt Police, .36 caliber, 28,000 total |
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Whitney Navy Model Percussion Pistol, .36 caliber, 33,000 all Civil War |
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Freeman Single Action, .44 caliber, only 2,000 made and not under US contract. One of the rarest large frame CW Pistols. This one has replaced cylinder |
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Remington-Beals Navy Revolver, .36 caliber, 15,000 entire production CW range |
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Warner Pocket Pistol, 2,000 Total, came out early in the war, cartridge guns proved more popular, entire production CW range |