Colt 1862 police revolver

The Colt 1862 Police model has a pretty styled frame with a milled cylinder.

This antique revolver was also referred to the 1862 Belt model. Between 1861 and 1873 were built almost 30.000 revolvers, later many of them were converted into cartridge revolvers. This antique gun with a 3.5″ (89 mm) barrel doesn’t have a ramrod.

Some of these guns were sold in a red leather book-shaped case with the inscriptions “Colt’s Pocket Companion” and “Colt on the Constitution of higher Law and irrepressible Conflict”.

Hege Uberti produce excellent replicas of the Colt police (1862) with: 5.5″ or 6.5″ (140 or 165 mm) barrels.

Uberti 1862 Police .36 Blackpowder, 6.5 Inch

Uberti 1862 Police .36 Blackpowder, 5.5 Inch

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS:

-Calibre: .36″ (9.1)

-Catridge capacity: five-shot

-Operation: single-action

-Firing system: percussion

-Breach-loading: N/A

-Length: 216 mm, 241 mm, 267 mm or 292 mm (8.5″, 9.5″, 10.5″, 11.5″)

-Barrel length: 89 mm, 114 mm, 140 mm, 165 mm (3.5″, 4.5″, 5.5″, 6.5″)

-Weight: 725 g (25.6 oz.) with a 3.5″ barrel

-Grip: walnut grip in one piece

-Sight: fixed

-Safety: half-cock hammer

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