Civil War Replica Guns, Rifles, Pistols & Revolvers by Jastro Historic Armory

M 1851 Navy Revolver - Brown Grip
M 1851 Navy Revolver - White Grip
M 1851 Rebel Confederate Revolver
M 1860 Army Revolver - Blued
M 1860 Army Revolver - Nickel
M 1860 French ''Le Mat'' Revolver

     The first official U.S. military pistol appeared in 1799. Like the first army shoulder arm it was copied from a French model. Made by Simon North of Berlin, Connecticut, it was a smoothbore flintlock with an 8 1/2 inch round barrel, .69 caliber. Between 1799 and the Civil War, the United States services developed their pistols through government armories as well as private firms. The first government made pistol, the U.S. Model 1806, was produced at Harpers Ferry, W. Virginia. It was a .54 caliber 16 inch weapon. The first U.S. percussion ignition pistol, a single-shot smoothbore appeared in 1842. This was followed in 1843 by rifled version. And this brings us to a famous Walker Colt, the U.S. Army Model 1847, a .44 caliber rifled, percussion six-shooter, 9 inches long. One thousand ''Walker'' Colts were ordered by the U.S. War Department. A second order, also for a thousand, resulted in the 1848 Model ''Dragoon'' Colt. The 6-shot, .44 caliber "Dragoons" were big and heavy. The "Navy" Model 1851 and "Army" Model 1860 moved toward by combining heavy caliber with reduced weight. During the Civil War pistols of all shapes, sizes, and calibers were used by Union and Confederate soldiers, especially the officers and the cavalry. They were especially effective during close-in fighting. The most popular handguns were those made by American manufacturers Colt and Remington.               

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