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Source (s): Hodgdon Reloading Data Center [1] The .38 Long Colt, also known as .38 LC, is a black powder cartridge introduced by Colt's Manufacturing Company in 1875. In 1892, it was adopted as a standard military pistol cartridge by the United States Army for the Colt M1892 revolver. The metric designation for the .38 Long Colt is 9.1×26mm.
Thompson/Center Arms was an American firearms company based in Springfield, Massachusetts. The company was best known for its line of interchangeable-barrel, single-shot pistols and rifles. Thompson/Center also manufactured muzzle-loading rifles and was credited with creating the resurgence of their use in the 1970s.
Colt, New York City. The Colt Walker, sometimes known as the Walker Colt, is a single-action revolver with a revolving cylinder holding six charges of black powder behind six bullets (typically .44 caliber lead balls). It was designed in 1846 by American firearms inventor Samuel Colt to the specifications of Captain Samuel Hamilton Walker .
C. Colt 1851 Navy Revolver. Colt Army Model 1860. Colt Dragoon Revolver. Colt M1861 Navy. Colt Model 1855 Sidehammer Pocket Revolver. Colt Model 1871–72 Open Top. Colt Paterson. Colt Pocket Percussion Revolvers.
Black Powder; Cap & Ball. Caliber. .44. Action. Single Action Revolver. Feed system. 6-shot Cylinder. The Ruger Old Army is a black-powder percussion revolver introduced in 1972 by the Sturm, Ruger company and manufactured through 2008. Models were made with a 7.5" and a 5.5 inch barrel.
The Model 1 was in popular demand with the outbreak of the American Civil War as soldiers from all ranks on both sides of the conflict made private purchases of the revolvers for self-defense, so much that orders for the Model 1 revolver outpaced the factory's production capabilities. Smith & Wesson was forced to expand into a new facility and ...
A black powder substitute is a replacement for black powder (gunpowder), primarily used in muzzleloading firearms. Substitutes may have slightly different properties from gunpowder such as: reduced sensitivity as an explosive, increased efficiency as a propellant powder, different density, and/or reduced ignition efficiency.
Battle rifle: A service rifle capable of semi-automatic or fully automatic fire of a full-power rifle cartridge. Bayonet lug: An attachment point at the muzzle end of a long gun for a bayonet. Belt: An ammunition belt is a device used to retain and feed cartridges into some machine guns in place of a magazine.