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    issued to the Army's "Dragoon" regiments. This revolver was designed as a solution to numerous problems encountered with the Colt Walker. Although it was...
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    into Samuel Colt's second venture in the arms trade in the form of the "Baby Dragoon"-a small revolver developed in 1847–48. The "Baby Dragoon" was in parallel...
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    revolver was much lighter than the contemporary Colt Dragoon Revolvers developed from the .44 Walker Colt revolvers of 1847, which, given their size and...
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    known among collectors as the First, Second and Third Dragoon Models that were all based on the Colt Walker, enabling a rapid evolution of the basic revolver...
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    transition from the Walker to the Dragoon series. Beginning in 1848, more contracts followed for what is known now as the Colt Dragoon Revolver. These models were...
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  • dragoon in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A dragoon is a soldier who fights on foot, but relocates on horseback. Dragoon may also refer to: Dragoon...
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  • The Ganahl revolver is an Austro-Hungarian version of the Colt Dragoon. It began to be used by the Austro-Hungarian Navy in 1850. Walter Schultz, 1000...
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    model's patent. Colt Paterson (1836) Colt Walker (1847) Colt Dragoon (1848) Colt Model 1849 Pocket Revolver (1849) Colt 1851 Navy (1851) Colt 1855 Sidehammer...
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    rifle. Brevete Colt Dragoon revolving rifles were made in Belgium under license from Colt during the 1850s to 1860s. The design of the Colt revolving rifle...
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    is more likely if all 6 chambers are loaded. The Colt Paterson, Colt Walker, Colt Dragoon, and Colt Single Action Army of the American frontier era are...
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    lever to the Colt Dragoon revolver. Guns of this type saw use in the Mexican War as an alternative to the Colt Dragoon revolver and the Colt Walker revolver...
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  • shotgun – 1850s) Colt's Manufacturing Company Colt 1851 Navy (US – revolver – 1851) Colt Army Model 1860 (US – revolver – 1860) Colt Dragoon Revolver (US...
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  • (Special Forces) Colt Dragoon Revolver (1st/2nd/3rd) (.44) Colt M1900 (.38 ACP) (never issued) Colt M1902 (.38 ACP) (never issued) Colt M1903 (.32 ACP)...
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    breech loading caplock Hall rifles, muzzle loading rifled muskets and Colt Dragoon revolvers gave them an advantage over the smoothbore flintlock Brown...
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    Dance .44 revolvers; the Dance was a Texas-manufactured imitation of the Colt Dragoon. However, he used a shotgun to kill both Wilson Anderson and William...
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    the U.S. Model 1842, was issued to the Dragoons during the Seminole War and US-Mexican War until the Colt Dragoon revolver was introduced in 1848. The last...
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    revolver was much lighter than the contemporary Colt Dragoon Revolvers developed from the .44 Walker Colt revolvers of 1847, which, given their size and...
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    Second Dragoon Regiment, Colt traveled to Florida with 100 ring lever rifles for the review. During the trial, officers of the second dragoons reported...
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    Designed as a less expensive alternative to the upscale Colt .357 and the later Colt Python and Colt King Cobra, it was marketed to law enforcement agencies...
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    States 1966–1988 Colt Dragoon Colt's Manufacturing Company .44 inch ball 6  United States 1848–1860 Colt House Revolver Colt Cloverleaf Colt's Manufacturing...
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    the governor. Three of the four Crocheron Light Dragoon Colt Navy’s survive. The Crocheron Light Dragoons served as the escort company to successive commanders...
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    ignition. These remained in service until .44 calibre revolvers such as the Colt Dragoon of 1847 or the Adams revolver of 1851 were introduced. Horse pistols...
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  • partner. The Griswold Gunnison revolvers are reduced sized copies of the Colt Dragoon, round barrel not octagonal (but in .36 cal not .44) and were made with...
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  • The Colt Infantry Automatic Rifle 6940 (commonly shortened to Colt IAR or IAR6940) is a light machine gun designed by Phil Hinckley and manufactured by...
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    Druze/Christian strife of 1860. Painting by Jan-Baptist Huysmans. Two Colt Dragoon revolvers, Lincoln's gift to the Emir Abdelkader in Damascus during 1862...
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    1900, Sergeant Edward James Gibson Holland of The Royal Canadian Dragoons used a Colt gun mounted on a Dundonald galloping carriage to stop a rare mounted...
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    revolvers. The combatants met at Mission Dolores, where each was given a Colt Dragoon with five shots. They stood face to face at ten paces, and each aimed...
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  •  2012 (2012-01-08) 3.76 Jerry Lee Lewis first record album, Civil War era Colt Dragoon Revolver, pygmy goat 3 3 "Shoeshine Mike" January 15, 2012 (2012-01-15)...
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    contracted with the State of Texas to manufacture replicas of the .44 caliber Colt Dragoon from a factory on West Main Street in Lancaster. John M. Crockett, former...
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  • Rimfire) Colt Dragoon (US – Single-Action Revolver – .44 Revolver Ball) Colt Baby Dragoon(US – Single-Action Revolver – .44 Revolver Ball) Colt M1855 Pocket...
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