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Colt Model 1860 Army revolver
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This Colt Model 1860 Army revolver was manufactured
from 1860 through 1873 with a total production of
more than 200,000. It was a six-shot, .44 caliber
revolver and the primary handgun used by Union troops
during the Civil War because of its reliability.
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Division of the History of Technology, Armed Forces
History
National Museum of American History, Smithsonian
Institution
Behring Center
Transfer from the U.S. War Department
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