The actual name

by JimT, Texas, Saturday, January 20, 2024, 08:25 (106 days ago) @ A K Church

Colt called it was the Revolving Belt Pistol. Differentiating it from the Dragoons and the Pocket Pistols Colt was producing at the time.

The cylinder of this revolver is engraved with a scene of the victory of the Second Texas Navy at the Battle of Campeche on May 16, 1843. The Texas Navy had purchased the earlier Colt Paterson Revolver, but this was Colt's first major success in the gun trade; the naval theme of the engraved cylinder of the Colt 1851 Navy revolver was Colt's gesture of appreciation. The engraving was provided by Waterman Ormsby. Despite the "Navy" designation, the revolver was chiefly purchased by civilians and military land forces.

This is most likely where the term "Navy" came from.

Serial Number 2

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