Revolver ('Six-Gun')
Dublin Core
Title
Revolver ('Six-Gun')
            Identifier
Item Sm.201
            Description
Rusted single-action six-chambered revolver, open, iron front fixed sights.
One round still in the chamber.
            One round still in the chamber.
Creator
n.c.
            Subject
Firearms -- Revolvers;
Object -- Firearms.
            Object -- Firearms.
Date
n.d.
            Source
Old Smithfield township.
This revolver is similar to the very popular Colt 1849 Pocket Percussion Revolver, a .31" calibre designed by Samual Colt in 1847. Over 335,000 revolvers were sold between 1849 and 1873.

Example of an antique Colt Pocket Percussion 'Six Gun'.
Publisher
Private collection
            Format
Material: Metallic 
Surface find
Diagnostic: Yes
Weight: c. 1,000 g
Size: 235 mm long
Calibre: circa 0.31"
            Surface find
Diagnostic: Yes
Weight: c. 1,000 g
Size: 235 mm long
Calibre: circa 0.31"
Type
Physical Object
            Coverage
165138S1454201E
Old Smithfield township, Barron QLD 4871
Colonial Queensland
1870s
            Old Smithfield township, Barron QLD 4871
Colonial Queensland
1870s
Rights
© 2021 oldsmithfield.com
            Geolocation
Collection
Citation (Chicago 17 Style)
n.c., “Revolver ('Six-Gun'),” n.d., Item Sm.201, Private collection, https://www.oldsmithfield.com/omeka/items/show/74.
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