Colt New Model Army and Navy Revolver
Object Details
- patentee
- Colt's Patent Firearms Manufacturing Company
- Colt's Patent Firearms Manufacturing Company
- Description (Brief)
- Colt manufactured approximately 291,000 of these .38 caliber revolvers between 1892 and 1907. It was the first double action swing out cylinder revolver issued to the U.S. military. In 1902 complaints about the inadequacy of the .38 caliber cartridge came in from combat troops in the Philippines. The Army went back to a .45 caliber side arm in 1909.
- ca 1895
- ID Number
- AF.66839M
- catalog number
- 66839M
- serial number
- 1462
- accession number
- 234969
- Object Name
- revolver
- revolver, centerfire
- Other Terms
- revolver; Firearms; Center Fire; .38 In; Rifled; Staff Officer; 2G; Da
- Measurements
- overall: 9 3/4 in x 5 1/8 in x 1 1/2 in; 24.765 cm x 13.0175 cm x 3.81 cm
- place made
- United States
- See more items in
- Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military
- Military
- American Enterprise
- Exhibition
- American Enterprise
- Exhibition Location
- National Museum of American History
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Firearms
- Record ID
- nmah_415837
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ae-2bbd-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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