Difference between revisions of "Colt revolver"
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− | Colt revolvers were percussion cap weapons. Colts in use on the Victorian goldfields in 1854 were the Pocket Colt - a .31 calibre 1849 model; the .36 calibre 1951 model known as the Navey Colt.; and the .44 calibre Walker Colt of 1848. <ref>Blake, Gregory, ''To Pierce the Tyrant's Heart'', Australian Military History Publications, 2009, p.212.</ref> | + | Colt revolvers were percussion cap weapons. Colts in use on the Victorian goldfields in 1854 were the Pocket Colt - a .31 calibre 1849 model; the .36 calibre 1951 model known as the Navey Colt.; and the .44 calibre Walker Colt of 1848. <ref>Blake, Gregory, ''To Pierce the Tyrant's Heart'',Australian Military History Publications, 2009, p.212.</ref> |
− | The colt could misfire and were not very accurate unless at close range.<ref>Blake, Gregory, ''To Pierce the Tyrant's Heart'', Australian Military History Publications, 2009, p.212.</ref> | + | The colt could misfire and were not very accurate unless at close range.<ref>Blake, Gregory, ''To Pierce the Tyrant's Heart'',Australian Military History Publications, 2009, p.212.</ref> |
− | + | James McGill carried a Walker Colt. <ref>Blake, Gregory, ''To Pierce the Tyrant's Heart'',Australian Military History Publications, 2009, p.212.</ref> | |
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Revision as of 19:41, 27 October 2013
Colt revolvers were percussion cap weapons. Colts in use on the Victorian goldfields in 1854 were the Pocket Colt - a .31 calibre 1849 model; the .36 calibre 1951 model known as the Navey Colt.; and the .44 calibre Walker Colt of 1848. [1]
The colt could misfire and were not very accurate unless at close range.[2]
James McGill carried a Walker Colt. [3]
References
- ↑ Blake, Gregory, To Pierce the Tyrant's Heart,Australian Military History Publications, 2009, p.212.
- ↑ Blake, Gregory, To Pierce the Tyrant's Heart,Australian Military History Publications, 2009, p.212.
- ↑ Blake, Gregory, To Pierce the Tyrant's Heart,Australian Military History Publications, 2009, p.212.