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The Darksider's Den / Re: How did we get these "Calibers"?
« Last post by Coffinmaker on Today at 10:08:13 AM »Well Heck
Just a tiny little point here. Nearly as I can remember from my spotty research, Colt didn't convert the 1861 percussion guns to cartridge. The Navy only had 1851 Navy guns, of which they (the Navy) did send a pile to Colt for conversion.
This was the basis for my only (other than no quality control) criticism of the late Armi San Marco "1860" Richards conversions. Those guns were ALL based on the 1861 which Colt did not convert. Although I still think the Armi San Marco conversions were the best looking "modern" conversions even if historically incorrect.