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Colt Model 1851 Percussion revolver
This engraved revolver, the first of this model produced at Colt's London Armory, was owned by W.C. "Buffalo Bill" Cody and the poet scout, Captain Jack Crawford. Cody's name appears on the barrel flat of this revolver.
Loaned by A Friend of NRA.