The Colt 1st Model Dragoon was adopted in 1848 for the U.S. Mounted Rifles. ... Before loading a percussion cylinder, I fire six caps with the muzzle pointed down.

The Dragoon was issued to the Army’s mounted ... N.Y., for the Union Army. Due to a fire at the Colt factory in 1864 the Remington became the pistol of choice. Previously the Colt was the ...

The .54-caliber percussion pistols not only were more reliable, they usually could fire in the rain. The 1848 Colt Dragoon revolver marks a turn in technology that would transform warfare.

Colt revolvers were important weapons in the US arsenal for much of the 19th century, with at least four designs — the Colt 1847, the Colt M1848 Dragoon, the Colt Army Model 1860, and the Colt ...

Columbus Fire Arms Mfg. produced a six-shot, .36-cal., steel-frame revolver that had seven-groove rifling and a half-round, half-octagon barrel, similar to, but smaller than, a Colt Dragoon.

This Colt Dragoon was made in Colts London factory in 1853 in readiness for the Crimean War. It was assembled from parts made in America, from steel imported from Sheffield! The Colt was the ...

This Colt Dragoon was made in Colts London factory in 1853 in readiness for the Crimean War. It was assembled from parts made in America, from steel imported from Sheffield! The Colt was the ...