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Colt Model 1862 Pocket Navy

Name: Colt Model 1862 Pocket Navy
Brand: Colt's

Single action · .36 Caliber Percussion (Cap and Ball) · introduced 1862

Also known as Colt 1862 Pocket Model of Navy Caliber, Pocket Navy

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About the Colt Model 1862 Pocket Navy

The Colt Model 1862 Pocket Navy was a compact .36-caliber, five-shot single-action percussion revolver, essentially a reduced-size Model 1851 Navy built on the small 1849 Pocket frame. It featured an octagonal barrel with a hinged loading lever and a rebated round cylinder roll-engraved with a stagecoach holdup scene. Barrels were offered in 4.5, 5.5 or 6.5 inches to customer preference.

Built on the tiny 1849 Pocket frame but chambered for the heftier .36 'Navy' ball, the Pocket Navy packed Navy-caliber stopping power into a coat-pocket package, a favourite concealable sidearm of Civil War officers and civilians alike.

Colt Model 1862 Pocket Navy specifications

General

Type: Revolver
Action: Single action
Firing mechanism: Single action
Trigger: Single stage
Calibres: .36 Caliber Percussion (Cap and Ball)
Magazine capacity: 5 rounds
Magazine: Rotary magazine

Dimensions

Barrel length: 139 mm (5.5 in)
Overall length: 279 mm (11.0 in)
Height: 114 mm (4.5 in)
Width: 38 mm (1.5 in)
Weight (empty): 0.68 kg (1.50 lb)

Barrel

Rifling: Right hand
Grooves: 7

Materials

Barrel: Steel
Receiver / frame: Steel
Stock: Wood
Finish: blued

Performance

Muzzle velocity (typical): 229 m/s (751 fps)
Effective range: 50 m

History

Introduced: 1862
Discontinued: 1873
Production status: Out of production
Country of origin: US
Designer: Samuel Colt

Features

Revolving cylinder
Octagonal barrel
Hinged loading lever
Rebated round cylinder
Single action only
Percussion cap ignition
Roll engraved cylinder

Safety

Hammer safety pins between nipples

Roughly 19,000 were produced by Colt of Hartford, Connecticut in a relatively short run, making surviving examples fairly scarce. It saw use by both sides during the American Civil War. The companion Model 1862 Police used a half-fluted cylinder while the Pocket Navy retained a rebated round cylinder.