| Colt M1892 | |
|---|---|
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| Type | Revolver |
| Place of origin | United States |
| Service history | |
| Used by | United States Army United States Navy Federal Army North-West Mounted Police British Army |
| Wars | Spanish–American War Philippine–American War Second Boer War Boxer Rebellion Mexican Revolution World War I |
| Production history | |
| Designer | Colt |
| Designed | 1892 |
| Manufacturer | Colt |
| Produced | 1892–1908[1] |
| Specifications | |
| Mass | 2.07 pounds (.94 kg) |
| Length | 11.5 inches (292 mm) |
| Barrel length | 6 inches (152 mm) |
| Cartridge | .38 Long Colt, .41 Long Colt |
| Action | Double action revolver |
| Muzzle velocity | 750 ft/s (230 m/s)[2] |
| Feed system | 6-round cylinder |
| Sights | Iron sights |
The Colt M1892 Navy and Army was the first general issue double-action revolver with a swing out cylinder used by the U.S. military.[3]
- ^ Chapel, Charles Edward (2002) [1961]. Guns of the Old West: An Illustrated Guide. Mineola, NY: Dover Publications. p. 239. ISBN 9780486421612. OCLC 50959359. Retrieved August 13, 2017 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ U.S. Army Ordnance Department (1917), page 12: "The muzzle velocity of this weapon with the Frankford Arsenal cartridge, with about 3½ grains of smokeless powder and 148-grain bullet, is 750 feet per second." Note that all other ballistic and trajectory data in this document is copied unchanged from U.S. Army Ordnance Department (1893), but that document (p. 241) has a lower muzzle velocity: "The muzzle velocity of this weapon with the Frankford Arsenal cartridge, with 16 grains of powder and 150-grain bullet, is 708.3 feet-seconds [sic]." The rise in muzzle velocity may have been from the replacement of the older black-powder cartridge with the newer smokeless-powder one, or from the Model 1903 revolver's small reduction in bore diameter to increase chamber pressure and accuracy.
- ^ Sapp, Rick (2007). Standard Catalog of Colt Firearms. Cincinnati: F+W Media. pp. 96–97. ISBN 978-0-89689-534-8. OCLC 969027168. Retrieved August 13, 2017 – via Google Books.