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Series production of the Colt Single Action Army began on Mawith the number 1 and ended in 1941 with the number 357,859, with the last 800 or so revolvers being delivered after the Second World War. At the request of the army, the delivered weapons were shot in at 25 yards. The barrels in the corresponding caliber had 6 trains with constant left-hand twist. 45 Long Colt cartridge developed by the Frankford Arsenal. 44 S&W ammunition was unsatisfactory, Colt was commissioned to propose a more powerful cartridge, which led to the. They passed all army tests and were superior to the Smith & Wesson No 3. The runs had seven moves with a progressive left twist. 44 S & W American army cartridge at the time and were aimed at a distance of 50 yards. These weapons, made for army tests, were made for the. (NM stands for New Model and S for Sample, German: Muster). In June 1872 the number S 1 followed and in November the number S 2 was delivered to the responsible authorities in the US Army as the first test weapon, followed by 36 more weapons from early series production. In the spring of 1872 the prototype of the Colt Single Action Army Revolver was completed. 44 Rimfire.īarrel lettering on the Colt Single Action The often heard opinion that Colt copied the closed frame from Remington is wrong, as Colt revolvers with a closed frame were already available in 1855, and in 1860 there were also experimental models in. Since this did not meet the specifications of the US Army, the chief engineer at Colt, William Mason, was commissioned to develop a revolver with a closed frame for the then Army cartridge. At the same time the company developed the Colt Open Top revolver in caliber. In order to stay competitive in the market and to reduce stocks, Colt first launched Colt percussion revolvers, the Colt Conversion Revolvers, which were converted to rear loading. Only the veto by President Grant to the prolongation of the patent cleared the way for the development of modern breech-loading revolver in April 1869th Other weapons manufacturers, including Colt, tried to circumvent this patent, but to no avail. They also licensed Remington to manufacture pierced revolver drums for rebuilding their percussion revolvers. They brought the Smith & Wesson No 1 onto the market as early as 1857. Since Colt showed no interest, White sold the patent, which ran from Apfor a period of 14 years, to Horace Smith and Daniel B. The patent model had a cylindrically pierced drum. Rollin White, a Colt employee, patented a revolver loading mechanism. 11 Production of the Colt Single Action Army after 1945.4 The Colt Single Action Army in the US Army.As with all single-action revolvers, the six-shot drum is turned further by cocking the hammer. The Colt Single Action Army (also known as the Peacemaker, Colt 1873, SAA, and Colt 45 ) is the first closed-frame cartridge revolver manufactured by Colt's Patent Firearms Manufacturing Company. Single Action Army (Model P), Colt Bisley