Discover delightful childrens books with prime book box, a subscription that. This is a walnut hinged top double casing with push button latch for a pair of uberti colt single action army revolvers made by wayne hoosier for imperial russian. Doubleaction revolvers required more parts to make the gun function, and. If you are looking to get great information on colts army and navy revolvers 18891908 this is. A french antique fine engraved 12 shot single and double action pinfire revolver with folding trigger. Buy colts double action revolver, model of 1878 by don wilkerson isbn. Buy a colt double action revolvers pre 1945 online. His two volume work is still mandatory in the library of an advanced collector, but the graham, kopek, moore book is also truly outstanding, beautifully illustrated, and highly detailed. Home gunsmithing the colt single action revolvers may. But the guns accuracy was such that in his pioneer 1954 book colt firearms, jim serven, the patriarch of. The only really detailed gunsmithing and repair manual on these colt revolvers ever printed.
Smith, may 1995, ray riling arms book co edition, hardcover in english. The term is most commonly used for the historical 1877 and 1878 models, but it also may refer to the following firearms. The colt single action revolver won the west by being the gun of choice on. This book is the only source that i found that can sought through all this.
For many years, keith cochrans encylopedia of the colt saa was the work on the colt sixshooter. But the wheelgun remains a viable option for selfdefense. Colts big model 1898 a doubleaction hit historynet. Its first doubleaction revolver was the smallframed, sixshot lightningin. A study of colts new army and navy pattern double action.
The revolver of the american west by jeffrey richardson. Here is the complete story of colts first large frame double action revolver, the model of 1878. This revolver was designed as the double action version of colts famed single action army revolver and shared much of its history. Interesting from a historical perspective, with some stillusable insights. It used to be that virtually every lawenforcement officer in america had a doubleaction revolver in his or her holsternot so anymore.
The ruger double action revolvers a shop manual vol. Due to sam colts negativity regarding doubleaction revolvers, the colt factory didnt produce one until 1877, well into the cartridge era. Buy the gun digest book of the revolver book online at low prices. Gun digest book of the revolver covers all aspects of living with the doubleaction revolver. There s loads of history associated with these revolvers on multiple revisions throughout their service life. The double action revolver at its cunning best is actually deadlier, far deadlier. A revolver is a repeating handgun that has a revolving cylinder containing multiple chambers.
This is a list of single and doubleaction revolvers, listed alphabetically by manufacturer. Home gunsmithing the colt single action revolvers by loren w. It the book to have if you have interest in 1895 colt revolvers. In 1836, connecticutborn gun manufacturer samuel colt 181462 received a u. Major sections of the book cover history and development. There was, for lack of a better word, a prejudice by many cowboys against doubleaction revolvers. The model 1878 saw action on americas frontier and throughout the world until production ceased in 1905. Wild bills colt navy, and wes hardins 1876 colt double action.
A study of colts new army and navy pattern double action revolvers. A study of colt new army and navy pattern double action. A shop manual, volume 1 paperback 1988 by jerry kuhnhausen author. As a result of their shared history, the colt revolver and the american west will. There was, for lack of a better word, a prejudice by many cowboys against double action revolvers.
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