SOLD CVA 1861 COLT NAVY REVOLVER

[wapiti22]

For sale is a kit-built CVA 1861 Colt Navy Revolver. I built this from a kit in 1982 but have never fired it. Functions smoothly. Has a black parkerized finished. Barrel is 8 inches.

Asking $95 shipped OBO

 

[condorsp]

From what I know the 1861 is .36 Cal. That one like like it's a .44. 1860 Army.

 

[wapiti22]

You are correct, Sir. the bore measures out to 44. Not sure why the booklet lists it as a .36 cal.

 

[wapiti22]

Doing some research, they made the kit in both .36 and .44. Probably only printed one booklet for both. It is Navy!

 

[Columbus]

The Colt Model 1861 Navy cap & ball .36-caliber revolver was a six-shot, single-action percussion weapon produced by Colt's Manufacturing Company from 1861 until 1873. It incorporated the "creeping" or ratchet loading lever and round barrel of the .44-caliber Army Model of 1860 but had a barrel one half inch shorter, at 7.5 inches. Total production was 38,000 revolvers

 

[Treestalker]

The Army model also specified a longer grip/frame which lots of us larger handed gentlemen prefer. My brother Fred Martin had smaller hands than I and preferred the non historical Colt's Navy in .44 caliber with the standard grip. He even carried it as a defensive weapon in his taxicab for a while, loaded to the gills. I asked him once about the legality, and he said it was better to be judged by twelve than carried by six. He referred to the Navy as Judge Colt and a jury of Six.

 

[WRustyLane]

The other difference I see is that it has a brass frame. I prefer a steel frame for cap 'n ball revolvers.

 

[wapiti22]

THIS IS SOLD