F.lli · Revolver
Pietta 1851 Navy Yank Pepperbox
Double action · .36 Caliber Percussion (Cap and Ball)
Also known as 1851 Navy Pepperbox .36, Pietta Yank Pepperbox, 1851 Navy Yank Pepperbox
About the Pietta 1851 Navy Yank Pepperbox
The Pietta 1851 Navy Yank Pepperbox is a .36 caliber cap-and-ball revolver built on the Colt 1851 Navy pattern but reworked into a barrelless pepperbox: the six-shot percussion cylinder itself doubles as the bore, so each chamber fires directly out the front with no separate barrel fitted. The case-hardened steel frame carries a brass backstrap and trigger guard with a one-piece walnut grip, and the hammer is notched to serve as the rear sight. A modern black-powder reproduction, it is loaded with loose FFFg powder, a .375 round ball, and a percussion cap on each nipple.
The pepperbox predates the single-barrel revolver, and this Pietta oddity revives that lineage by stripping the barrel off an 1851 Navy so the revolving cylinder fires straight out the front, a compact and unmistakably 19th-century-looking cap-and-ball sidearm.
Pietta 1851 Navy Yank Pepperbox specifications
General
- Type
- Revolver
- Action
- Double action
- Firing mechanism
- Single action
- Trigger
- Single action
- Calibres
- .36 Caliber Percussion (Cap and Ball)
- Magazine capacity
- 6 rounds
- Magazine
- Revolving cylinder
Dimensions
- Barrel length
- 76 mm (3.0 in)
- Overall length
- 178 mm (7.0 in)
- Weight (empty)
- 1.02 kg (2.25 lb)
Barrel
- Rifling
- Right hand
Materials
- Barrel
- Steel
- Receiver / frame
- Steel
- Stock
- Walnut
- Finish
- case_hardened
Performance
- Muzzle velocity (typical)
- 180 m/s (591 fps)
- Effective range
- 15 m
History
- Production status
- In production
- Country of origin
- IT
Features
- Barrelless pepperbox design
- Cylinder doubles as the bore
- Six-shot cap-and-ball cylinder
- Brass backstrap and trigger guard
- Case-hardened steel frame
- One-piece European walnut grip
- Hammer notched for rear sight
Safety
- Hammer safety notches
Pepperbox conversion of the 1851 Navy; the cylinder is roughly 3 inches (76 mm) long and acts as the bore, giving an overall length near 7 inches. Recommended load is about 20 grains of FFFg black powder behind a .376 round ball with .36 caliber wads.
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