HISTORICAL AMERICAN FIREARMS TRIVETS

Colt Texas Paterson, Civil War Sniping Rifle.

6" X 6"


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COLT TEXAS PATERSON
Historical American Firearms
Historical American Firearms
CIVIL WAR SNIPING RIFLE
COLT TEXAS PATERSON
THE AVERAGE CIVIL WAR SOLDIER DID NOT USE
IN ITS WAR WITH MEXICO WITH THE HELP OF
AND PROBABLY NEVER SAW A RIFLE OF THIS KIND.
THIS FAMOUS REVOLVER.
HOWEVER THERE IS EVIDENCE THAT BOTH
THE FIRST REVOLVER TO BE SUCCESSFULLY
SIDES IN THE STRUGGLE USED THIS TYPE OF
MASS PRODUCED,
THE TEXAS PATERSON WAS
TARGET RIFLE, PLACING THEM IN THE HANDS
MADE AT SAMUEL COLT'S FIRST FACTORY IN
OF EXPERT MARKSMEN TO SNIPE OFF THE
COLT
TEXAS
PATERSON
Historical
American
Firearms
Historical
American
Firearms
CIVIL
WAR
SNIPING
RIFLE
COLT
TEXAS
PATERSON
THE
AVERAGE
CIVIL
WAR
SOLDIER
DID
NOT
USE
TEXAS
ITS
STATEHOOD
AND
IN
ITS
WAR
WITH
MEXICO
WITH
THE
HELP
OF
AND
PROBABLY
NEVER
SAW
A
RIFLE
OF
THIS
KIND.
THIS
FAMOUS
REVOLVER.
HOWEVER
THERE
IS
EVIDENCE
THAT
BOTH
THE
FIRST
REVOLVER
TO
BE
SUCCESSFULLY
SIDES
IN
THE
STRUGGLE
USED
THIS
TYPE
OF
MASS
PRODUCED,
THE
TEXAS
PATERSON
WAS
TARGET
RIFLE,
PLACING
THEM
IN
THE
HANDS
MADE
AT
SAMUEL
COLT'S
FIRST
FACTORY
IN
OF
EXPERT
MARKSMEN
TO
SNIPE
OFF
THE

Image 2:



Historical American Firearms
CIVIL WAR SNIPING RIFLE
THE AVERAGE CIVIL WAR SOLDIER DID NOT USE
AND PROBABLY NEVER SAW A RIFLE OF THIS KIND.
HOWEVER THERE IS EVIDENCE THAT BOTH
SIDES IN THE STRUGGLE USED THIS TYPE OF
TARGET RIFLE, PLACING THEM IN THE HANDS
OF EXPERT MARKSMEN TO SNIPE OFF THE UNWARY.
SHOWN IS A TYPICAL MUZZLE LOADING PERCUSSION
EXAMPLE WITH A TELESCOPE SIGHT WHICH WOULD
BE ABOUT 12 POWER.
THESE RIFLES WEIGHED BETWEEN 12 AND 18
POUNDS AND SINCE THEY WERE NOT MASS-PRODUCED.
THE CALIBER WAS NOT STANDARD AND MIGHT VARY
BETWEEN .40 AND 68
Historical
American
Firearms
CIVIL
WAR
SNIPING
RIFLE
THE
AVERAGE
CIVIL
WAR
SOLDIER
DID
NOT
USE
AND
PROBABLY
NEVER
SAW
A
RIFLE
OF
THIS
KIND.
HOWEVER
THERE
IS
EVIDENCE
THAT
BOTH
SIDES
IN
THE
STRUGGLE
USED
THIS
TYPE
OF
TARGET
RIFLE,
PLACING
THEM
IN
THE
HANDS
OF
EXPERT
MARKSMEN
TO
SNIPE
OFF
THE
UNWARY.
SHOWN
IS
A
TYPICAL
MUZZLE
LOADING
PERCUSSION
EXAMPLE
WITH
A
TELESCOPE
SIGHT
WHICH
WOULD
BE
ABOUT
12
POWER.
THESE
RIFLES
WEIGHED
BETWEEN
12
AND
18
POUNDS
AND
SINCE
THEY
WERE
NOT
THE
CALIBER
WAS
NOT
STANDARD
AND
MIGHT
VARY
BETWEEN
AND
68

Image 3:



COLT TEXAS PATERSON
Historical American Firearms
COLT TEXAS PATERSON
TEXAS WON ITS STATEHOOD AND IND EPENDENCE
IN ITS WAR WITH MEXICO WITH THE HELP OF
THIS FAMOUS REVOLVER.
THE FIRST REVOLVER TO BE SUCCESSFULLY
MASS PRODUCED, THE TEXAS PATERSON WAS
MADE AT SAMUEL COLT'S FIRST FACTORY IN
PATERSON, N.J. FROM 1836 TO 1841.
IT WAS A FIVE SHOT .40 CALIBER ARM
WITH A FOLDING TRIGGER AND DID NOT HAVE
A TRIGGER GUARD, WHICH ACCOUNTS FOR ITS
ODD APPEARANCE.
COLT
TEXAS
PATERSON
Historical
American
Firearms
COLT
TEXAS
PATERSON
TEXAS
WON
ITS
STATEHOOD
AND
IND
IN
ITS
WAR
WITH
MEXICO
WITH
THE
HELP
OF
THIS
FAMOUS
REVOLVER.
THE
FIRST
REVOLVER
TO
BE
SUCCESSFULLY
MASS
PRODUCED,
THE
TEXAS
PATERSON
WAS
MADE
AT
SAMUEL
COLT'S
FIRST
FACTORY
IN
PATERSON,
N.J.
FROM
1836
TO
1841.
IT
WAS
A
FIVE
SHOT
CALIBER
ARM
WITH
A
FOLDING
TRIGGER
AND
DID
NOT
HAVE
A
TRIGGER
GUARD,
WHICH
ACCOUNTS
FOR
ITS
ODD
APPEARANCE.

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