1851 Colt Navy revolver in .36 caliber
It would be in 36 caliber or 44 caliber...
In your STEEL-FRAME "1851 Colt" pistol variants (made by CVA, Pietta, Uberti, etc.), you can use either a .451 diameter or .454 diameter lead ball (NOT a .45 caliber rifled bullet), and 30 grains of FFFg Black Powder. I recommend that you also use a "lubricated pistol wad" (NOT A PATCH) in between the powder and the bullet, so you don't "touch off" one of the other chambers, with a spark from the round you're planning to fire. In your BRASS-FRAME "1851 Confederate Navy Colt" pistol variants (also made by CVA, Pietta, Uberti, etc.), you should use ONLY USE a .451 diameter lead ball, and ONLY 25 grains of FFFg Black Powder. Brass is a much softer metal than steel, and your frame can crack if you use too much powder when you shoot it. Although Pietta "recommends" 30 grains, most reinactors will tell you that 25 grains is plenty enough to get the ball out of the barrel, and it is even more consistently accurate at 25 yards! Most "starter kits" come with a 30 grain spout, but the "Confederate" (brass-frame) Colts are made from a softer metal, and you should use less powder in them, just to be on the "safe side". You can find a 25 grain spout that will fit most powder flasks at www.PossibleShop.com
Colt 1851 Navy with cartridge conversion. Also, the grips were inlaid with silver rattlesnakes.
Depends on the manufacturer, the design, it's caliber, it's barrel length, it's finish, and it's current condition. An 1851 (Confederate) Navy Colt made by Pietta (the most common 1851 Navy Colt reproduction on the market)with a brass frame in .44 caliber, a blued 7-1/2" octagonal barrel; plain blued cylinder; tough, good-looking walnut grips; and brass trigger guard, brand new goes for $120-$170. Used, in fair to good condition go for about $70-$110.
Yes. The Navy model of 1851 was in .36 caliber.
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Connecticut Valley Arms(CVA) is a modern manufacture that makes replica BP guns and guns of its own design. Model 1851 refers to a Colt pistol made in 1850's. A Colt gun would not be marked "CVA".
value would depend on overall condition and weather or not it is an original 1851 or a re--pro model. read the top of the barrel. the 1851 was a cap and ball type of pistol...........
The highest for Colt 1851 navy original was only 215348 in 1873. Yours must be a reproduction model?
50-250 USD depending on specifics
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